# K780045: Electrode Cap

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Electro-Cap Intl., Inc.
- Decided: Jan 24, 1978 after 15 days
- Product code: GXY (Electrode, Cutaneous)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 882.1320
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
37 later devices descend from it; 8 cite it directly.
1 of 38 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

## Most influential descendants
- K071446: Electrode Array Cap (2008), 19 descendants of its own
- K110223: Waveguard (TM) Eeg Cap (2011), 18 descendants of its own
- K112319: Electro-Cap System (2012), 16 descendants of its own
- K200162: Disposable EEG Electrodes (MODEL: DL, E-CAP, FLEX-CAP) (2020), 9 descendants of its own
- K111717: Electro-Gel (2012), 8 descendants of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K780045
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology