# K232407: Cautery Protective Actuation System (CPAS)

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Safer Surgeries Medical Devices, LLC
- Decided: Oct 6, 2023 after 57 days
- Product code: GEI (Electrosurgical, Cutting & Coagulation & Accessories)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4400
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 2 generations back to K896626 (1990). 2 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 3 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K092732: Propencil Esu Pencil, Bio Protech, Inc. (2009) Summary page 5.

## Indications for use
The Cautery Protective Actuation System (CPAS) is intended for use in general surgical procedures to deliver electrosurgical energy to the surgery site for tissue cutting and coagulation. The CPAS device includes a safety cover intended to prevent inadvertent actuation of the monopolar electrocautery device, and to prevent secondary burns from a hot tip.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K232407
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology