# K951173: Manual Surgical Instrument for General Use

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: United States Surgical, A Division of Tyco Healthc
- Decided: Mar 24, 1995 after 9 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
No predicates in its family tree.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 1 device in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
- (no number) AUTO SUTURE Endoscopic Suturing Device: named in the summary without a submission number

## Indications for use
suturing various tissues and structures.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K951173
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology