# K191678: IP Converter

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Sony Electronics, Inc.
- Decided: Jan 10, 2020 after 200 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: 10 generations back to K931783 (1993). 41 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 42 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K161122: Sony  IP Converter NU-IP40S, Sony Electronics, Inc. (2016) Summary page 5.

## Indications for use
The Sony IP Converter's (IPC) intended use is to distribute patient images acquired from modalities within a hospital or clinical environment in almost real-time. The IPC can send medical images to various commercially available products such as displays or recording devices commonly used in a medical procedure room or operating room. The IPC allows for the switching of images easily among devices connected to an IPC in the operating room or throughout a healthcare campus.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K191678
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology