# K955120: Hand-Held Retractor, Dissector & Dissector

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Decided: Jan 26, 1996 after 78 days
- Product code: GCM (Endoscope, Rigid)
- 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.
179 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
4 of 180 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
- K963184: Olympus Subcutaneous Endoscopy System (1996), 178 descendants of its own
- K981993: Olympus Integrated Endosurgery System Endoalpha (1998), 175 descendants of its own
- K994231: Siemens Integrated Operating System (Sios) (2000), 157 descendants of its own
- K052202: Axiom Artis - Modular Angiographic System (2006), 154 descendants of its own
- K061054: Axiom Aristos FX Plus (2006), 80 descendants of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K955120
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology