# K955623: Olympus Bipolar Forceps

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Olympus America, Inc.
- Decided: Feb 13, 1996 after 64 days
- Product code: GEI (Electrosurgical, Cutting & Coagulation & Accessories)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4400
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
11 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 12 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
- K983743: Bisure Laparoscopic Bipolar Forceps (1999), 8 descendants of its own
- 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
- K984417: Bipolar Grasping Forceps  Biq+ (1999), 1 descendant of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K955623
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology