# K960748: Modified Hand Instrument Devices

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: United States Surgical, A Division of Tyco Healthc
- Decided: Apr 5, 1996 after 42 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
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K944129 (1994). 1 ancestor in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 3 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K944129: Imagyn Laparoscopic Instruments, Imagyn Medical, Inc. (1994) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K101101: Mini-Tong (2010), 0 descendants of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K960748
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology