# K963029: Karl Storz Slotted Whisker Arthroscopic Blade

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc.
- Decided: Nov 27, 1996 after 114 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.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 1 device in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. The FDA summary names no predicate by number.

## Indications for use
The KSEA Slotted Whisker Arthroscopic Blade is designed to provide controlled shaving, abrading, debridement or cutting of tissue during arthroscopic surgical procedures in both large joints (shoulder, hip, and knee) and small joints (elbow, wrist, ankle and TMJ), including debridement in patellar chondromalacia and smoothing of meniscal edges, the glenoid labrum, or rotator cuff.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K963029
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology