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CMS Accuprobe 550/530

K953637510(k) TraditionalCleared Dec 4, 1995124-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

Cryomedical Sciences, Inc. · GEH Unit, Cryosurgical, Accessories

Cleared on Dec 4, 1995 after a 124-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known. 1 of the 425 devices in its family, counting itself, has a Class I recall. 424 later devices descend from it.

Decided
Dec 4, 1995
Review
124 days
Class
Class II
Product code
GEH
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

424 later devices descend from it, 2 citing it directly. 1 of the 425 devices in this family, counting this one, has a Class I recall.

Descendants, by year cleared 1997: 2 descendants cleared2006: 15 descendants cleared1998: 2 descendants cleared2007: 7 descendants cleared2010: 5 descendants cleared2001: 1 descendant cleared2002: 2 descendants cleared2004: 6 descendants cleared2008: 15 descendants cleared2014: 18 descendants cleared2019: 22 descendants cleared2011: 9 descendants cleared2003: 1 descendant cleared2005: 6 descendants cleared2009: 8 descendants cleared2015: 10 descendants cleared2024: 37 descendants cleared2018: 26 descendants cleared2025: 36 descendants cleared2017: 23 descendants cleared2022: 24 descendants cleared2013: 9 descendants cleared2012: 13 descendants cleared2016: 18 descendants cleared2020: 29 descendants cleared2021: 23 descendants cleared2026: 30 descendants cleared2023: 27 descendants cleared, 1 with a Class I recall11995200020052010201520202025
  1. This deviceK953637 CMS Accuprobe 550/530Cryomedical Sciences, Inc. · 1995
  2. Descendant · cites it directly · 393 of its ownK972662 Cryogen Cryosurgical SystemCryogen, Inc. · 1997
  3. Descendant · 2 generations on · 392 of its ownK974320 Cryogen Cardiac Cryosurgical SystemCryogen, Inc. · 1998
  4. Descendant · 3 generations on · 340 of its ownK013946 Flex 10 Accessory for the Afx Microwave Ablation SystemAfx, Inc. · 2002
  5. Descendant · 3 generations on · 268 of its ownK041340 Guidant Microwave Ablation SystemGuidant Corporation, Cardiac Surgery · 2004
  6. Descendant · 4 generations on · 251 of its ownK043153 Intuitive Surgical DA Vinci Surgical System and Endoscopic…Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2004

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Descendants cleared per year

1997: 21998: 22001: 12002: 22003: 12004: 62005: 62006: 152007: 72008: 152009: 82010: 52011: 92012: 132013: 92014: 182015: 102016: 182017: 232018: 262019: 222020: 292021: 232022: 242023: 272024: 372025: 362026: 30
1997high 37 (2024) · low 0 (1999)2026

Class I recalls in this family

  • K223095 Senhance Surgical System7 generations on · 2023

Most influential descendants

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  • K972662Cryogen Cryosurgical SystemCryogen, Inc. · 1997 · cites it directly393descendants
  • K974320Cryogen Cardiac Cryosurgical SystemCryogen, Inc. · 1998 · 2 generations on392descendants
  • K013946Flex 10 Accessory for the Afx Microwave Ablation SystemAfx, Inc. · 2002 · 3 generations on340descendants
  • K041340Guidant Microwave Ablation SystemGuidant Corporation, Cardiac Surgery · 2004 · 3 generations on268descendants
  • K043153Intuitive Surgical DA Vinci Surgical System and Endoscopic Instruments, Models IS1200 &…Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2004 · 4 generations on251descendants
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
0 (this device)K953637CMS Accuprobe 550/530Cryomedical Sciences, Inc.1995—
+1K972662Cryogen Cryosurgical SystemCryogen, Inc.1997—
+2K974320Cryogen Cardiac Cryosurgical SystemCryogen, Inc.1998—
+3K013946Flex 10 Accessory for the Afx Microwave Ablation SystemAfx, Inc.2002—
+3K041340Guidant Microwave Ablation SystemGuidant Corporation, Cardiac Surgery2004—
+4K043153Intuitive Surgical DA Vinci Surgical System and Endoscopic Instruments, Models…Intuitive Surgical, Inc.2004—

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
199720
199820
200110
200220
200310
200460
200560
2006150
200770
2008150
200980
201050
201190
2012130
201390
2014180
2015100
2016180
2017230
2018260
2019220
2020290
2021230
2022240
2023271
2024370
2025360
2026300
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K953637, 1995–2026Source: 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? (424)

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

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K972662Cryogen Cryosurgical SystemCryogen, Inc.1997393
K964336CMS Accuprobe 610, 620, 630, 640, 650, 660, 670, 680Cryomedical Sciences, Inc.199729

Has anything in its family been recalled? (1 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

Relatives with a Class I recall

Class I is FDA’s most serious recall class. A recall in the family tree is context for this device, not evidence about it.

  • K223095Senhance Surgical SystemAsensus Surgical, Inc. · 2023 · 7 generations on · ◆ in the 2023 descendants bar of FIG. 11 Class I recall

What does this lineage say?

  • Of its descendants, K972662 (Cryogen, Inc., 1997) has gone furthest, with 393 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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  • K973190Accuprobe 450, Accuprobe 550/530 and the Accuprobe 600 SeriesCryomedical Sciences, Inc. · 1997

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