# K183107: Intuitive Surgical Vessel Sealer Extend

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
- Decided: Dec 11, 2018 after 33 days
- Product code: NAY (System, Surgical, Computer Controlled Instrument)
- 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: 17 generations back to K930667 (1994). 103 ancestors in all.
6 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 110 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K173337: Intuitive Surgical EndoWrist Vessel Sealer Extend, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (2018) Summary page 4.

## Most influential descendants
- K191280: E-100 Electrosurgical Generator, SynchroSeal (2019), 4 descendants of its own
- K223039: da Vinci E-200 Electrosurgical Generator (2022), 3 descendants of its own
- K231212: da Vinci E-200 Electrosurgical Generator (2023), 2 descendants of its own
- K241635: da Vinci E-200 Electrosurgical Generator (2024), 1 descendant of its own
- K253556: da Vinci SP Surgical System (SP1098); da Vinci E-200 Generator (2026), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Vessel Sealer Extend is a bipolar electrosurgical instrument for use with a compatible da Vinci Surgical System and a compatible electrosurgical generator. It is intended for grasping and blunt dissection of tissue and for bipolar coagulation and mechanical transection of vessels up to 7 mm in diameter and tissue bundles that fit in the jaws of the instrument. Vessel Sealer Extend has not been shown to be effective for tubal sterilization or tubal coagulation for sterilization procedures and should not be used for these procedures.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K183107
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology