# K932434: Proximate Articulating Linear Stapler

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Decided: Feb 7, 1994 after 263 days
- Product code: OCW (Endoscopic Tissue Approximation Device)
- 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
No predicates in its family tree.
130 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
1 of 131 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
- K020779: Proximate and Endopath Linear Cutters and Staplers (2002), 87 descendants of its own
- K040038: Curved Cutter Stapler, Models CS40B, CS40G; Reload for Curved Stapler, Models CR40B, CR40G (2004), 62 descendants of its own
- K062869: Contour Curved Cutter Stapler and Reloads, Models CS40B, CS40G, CR40B and CR40G (2007), 61 descendants of its own
- K091322: Contour Curved Cutter Stapler and Reloads, Models: CS40B, CS40G, CR40B, CR40G (2009), 60 descendants of its own
- K030653: Surgassist Straight Linear Stapler and Straight Linear 4 Row NO Knife Digital Loading Units with Reloads (2003), 46 descendants of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K932434
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology