# K172709: ELAN 4 Electro Motor System Tools

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Aesculap, Inc.
- Decided: Oct 17, 2018 after 404 days
- Product code: HBE (Drills, Burrs, Trephines & Accessories (Simple, Powered))
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 882.4310
- 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 K011444 (2001). 4 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 6 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K113476: Anspach Dissection Tools, The Anspach Effort, Inc. (2011) Summary page 4.

## Most influential descendants
- K183203: ELAN 4 Tools (2019), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Aesculap ELAN 4 Tools are intended for high speed cutting, sawing, and drilling of bone in the fields of Spine, ENT, Neuro, and Maxillofacial Surgery

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K172709
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology