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Endo-Tech LTD., Tips

K961695510(k) TraditionalCleared Jul 1, 199661-day reviewClass II21 CFR 884.4160

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Ratio Design Lab · HFG Coagulator, Laparoscopic, Unipolar (And Accessories)

Cleared on Jul 1, 1996 after a 61-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
Jul 1, 1996
Review
61 days
Class
Class II
Product code
HFG
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K961695Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against? (1)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*—Electrosurgical Attachments sold by American Hydro-Surgical
Named without a submission number
—

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

How does its category compare?

All HFG devices

HFG Coagulator, Laparoscopic, Unipolar (And Accessories): FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · HFG

1in 2018

2010: 12012: 12014: 22018: 1
2007high 2 (2014) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · HFG

Too few HFG 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.

Recalls per year · HFG

No recall names HFG since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · HFG

32in 2025

2007: 22009: 22010: 22014: 32015: 22016: 52017: 22018: 32019: 52020: 62021: 202022: 202023: 362024: 212025: 32
2007high 36 (2023) · low 0 (2008)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code HFG, 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
20070—02
20080—00
20090—02
20101—02
20110—00
20121—00
20130—00
20142—03
20150—02
20160—05
20170—02
20181—03
20190—05
20200—06
20210—020
20220—020
20230—036
20240—021
20250—032
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The Laparoscopic Unipolar Tips will serve as accessories to the Endo-Tech, Ltd, Inc.,Endo-Aid, which is an Aspiration- Irrigation Device. These tips will thread into the laparoscopic irrigation and aspiration control handle. The tips will be used during laparoscopic procedures and electrosurgical procedures.

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K961695: Endo-Tech LTD., Tips.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K961695

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026