# K954652: Aesculap Endosccopic Spine Instruments

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Aesculap, Inc.
- Decided: Feb 14, 1996 after 127 days
- Product code: HRX (Arthroscope)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.1100
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
7 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 8 devices in its family (counting itself) have 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
- K001330: Sovereign Bipolar Instruments (2000), 6 descendants of its own
- K030890: Switchblade (2003), 3 descendants of its own
- K113407: Snowden Pencer Laparoscopic Ergonomic Reposable Scissors (2012), 1 descendant of its own
- K160393: AdTec (2016), 0 descendants of its own
- K132232: Mins Needlescopic Resposable Device System (2013), 0 descendants of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K954652
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology