# K172038: Trocar

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Wickimed (Huizhou) Medical Equipment Manufacturing Co.,Ltd
- Decided: Oct 27, 2017 after 114 days
- Product code: GCJ (Laparoscope, General & Plastic Surgery)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 876.1500
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 3 generations back to K920110 (1992). 5 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 7 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K141594: Unimicro Trocar Kit, models: Auto-Locking Trocar, Hasson Trocar, Bladeless Trocar, Unimicro Medical Systems (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (2015) Summary page 5.
- K112358: Unimax Trocar System, Unimax Medical Systems, Inc. (2011) Summary page 5.

## Most influential descendants
- K232866: Disposable Abdominal Trocars  (Bladed Trocars, Bladeless Trocars, Optical Trocars) (2023), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Trocar, Model: Auto-Locking Trocar, Bladeless Trocar and Visible Trocar has application in a variety of endoscopic procedures to provide a port of entry for endoscopic instruments.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K172038
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology