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Cryo Surg 5900

K840536510(k) TraditionalCleared Apr 23, 198475-day reviewClass II21 CFR 878.4350

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Frigitronics of Connecticut, Inc. · GEH Unit, Cryosurgical, Accessories

Cleared on Apr 23, 1984 after a 75-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known. 38 later devices descend from it.

Decided
Apr 23, 1984
Review
75 days
Class
Class II
Product code
GEH
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

38 later devices descend from it, 3 citing it directly.

Descendants, by year cleared 2006: 1 descendant cleared2004: 1 descendant cleared1997: 1 descendant cleared2012: 1 descendant cleared2007: 3 descendants cleared2010: 2 descendants cleared2013: 1 descendant cleared2014: 1 descendant cleared2019: 2 descendants cleared2015: 4 descendants cleared2016: 6 descendants cleared2017: 5 descendants cleared2018: 1 descendant cleared2024: 2 descendants cleared2026: 1 descendant cleared2025: 1 descendant cleared2020: 2 descendants cleared2021: 1 descendant cleared2022: 2 descendants cleared19801990200020102020
  1. This deviceK840536 Cryo Surg 5900Frigitronics of Connecticut, Inc. · 1984
  2. Descendant · cites it directly · 37 of its ownK970995 CMS CryoliteCryomedical Sciences, Inc. · 1997
  3. Descendant · 2 generations on · 26 of its ownK072883 Ice-SenseArbel Medical, Ltd. · 2007
  4. Descendant · 3 generations on · 25 of its ownK102360 Icesence 3IceCure Medical, Ltd. · 2010 · Recalled
  5. Descendant · 4 generations on · 20 of its ownK133258 Trufreeze SystemCSA Medical, Inc. · 2014 · Recalled
  6. Descendant · 5 generations on · 19 of its ownK143625 truFreeze SystemCSA Medical, Inc. · 2015 · Recalled

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Descendants cleared per year

1997: 12004: 12006: 12007: 32010: 22012: 12013: 12014: 12015: 42016: 62017: 52018: 12019: 22020: 22021: 12022: 22024: 22025: 12026: 1
1997high 6 (2016) · low 0 (1998)2026

Most influential descendants

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  • K970995CMS CryoliteCryomedical Sciences, Inc. · 1997 · cites it directly37descendants
  • K072883Ice-SenseArbel Medical, Ltd. · 2007 · 2 generations on26descendants
  • K102360Icesence 3IceCure Medical, Ltd. · 2010 · 3 generations on25descendants
  • K133258Trufreeze SystemCSA Medical, Inc. · 2014 · 4 generations on20descendants
  • K143625truFreeze SystemCSA Medical, Inc. · 2015 · 5 generations on19descendants
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
0 (this device)K840536Cryo Surg 5900Frigitronics of Connecticut, Inc.1984—
+1K970995CMS CryoliteCryomedical Sciences, Inc.1997—
+2K072883Ice-SenseArbel Medical, Ltd.2007—
+3K102360Icesence 3IceCure Medical, Ltd.20101
+4K133258Trufreeze SystemCSA Medical, Inc.20141
+5K143625truFreeze SystemCSA Medical, Inc.20151

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
199710
200410
200610
200730
201020
201210
201310
201410
201540
201660
201750
201810
201920
202020
202110
202220
202420
202510
202610
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K840536, 1984–2026Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against?

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

What descends from it? (38)

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3 later devices cite it directly; ranked here by how many devices descend from each in turn.

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K970995CMS CryoliteCryomedical Sciences, Inc.199737
K040809Crymed Cryo-AblatorCrymed Technologies, Inc.200416
K060555Spraygenix Cryo Ablation SystemCrymed Technologies, Inc.200615

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

What does this lineage say?

  • Of its descendants, K970995 (Cryomedical Sciences, Inc., 1997) has gone furthest, with 37 descendants of its own.

How does its category compare?

All GEH devices

GEH Unit, Cryosurgical, Accessories: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · GEH

10in 2025

2007: 62008: 12009: 42010: 42011: 72012: 42013: 42014: 62015: 112016: 152017: 122018: 62019: 62020: 82021: 62022: 62023: 82024: 92025: 102026 (partial year): 8
2007high 15 (2016) · low 1 (2008)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · GEH

77in 2025

2007: 71 days median2009: 121 days median2010: 86 days median2011: 91 days median2012: 96 days median2013: 76 days median2014: 42 days median2015: 72 days median2016: 60 days median2017: 83 days median2018: 42 days median2019: 115 days median2020: 113 days median2021: 206 days median2022: 56 days median2023: 136 days median2024: 85 days median2025: 77 days median2026 (partial year): 148 days median
2007high 206 (2021) · low 42 (2014)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · GEH

2in 2023

2007: 32008: 22009: 132010: 42012: 32014: 22018: 12019: 12020: 372023: 22026 (partial year): 2
2007high 37 (2020) · low 0 (2011)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · GEH

171in 2025

2007: 232008: 292009: 212010: 1732011: 612012: 912013: 912014: 572015: 972016: 1432017: 2162018: 2082019: 4552020: 2772021: 2132022: 2302023: 1642024: 1412025: 171
2007high 455 (2019) · low 21 (2009)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code GEH, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
2007671323
20081—229
200941211321
20104864173
2011791061
2012496391
2013476091
2014642257
20151172097
201615600143
201712830216
20186421208
201961151455
2020811337277
202162060213
20226560230
202381362164
20249850141
202510770171
202681482—
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510(k) Report. “K840536: Cryo Surg 5900.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 5, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K840536

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  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026