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Ksea Unimat Plus

K963949510(k) TraditionalCleared Dec 19, 199678-day reviewClass II21 CFR 884.1720

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

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. · HET Laparoscope, Gynecologic (And Accessories)

Cleared on Dec 19, 1996 after a 78-day review. The FDA summary names no predicate by number.

Decided
Dec 19, 1996
Review
78 days
Class
Class II
Product code
HET
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names no predicate by number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K963949Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), the FDA summary (predicates and indications), FDA recall and enforcement reports, and MAUDE; processed by 510(k) Report. Verify on FDA.gov · Methodology and accuracy.

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What was it cleared against?

The FDA summary names no predicate by 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 HET devices

HET Laparoscope, Gynecologic (And Accessories): FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · HET

2in 2025

2008: 32009: 12010: 12011: 22012: 22013: 22015: 22017: 22018: 12019: 22020: 22021: 42022: 12025: 2
2007high 4 (2021) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · HET

269in 2021

2008: 176 days median2021: 269 days median
2007high 269 (2021) · low 176 (2008)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · HET

4in 2023

2008: 42009: 12015: 12022: 12023: 4
2007high 4 (2008) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · HET

4,513in 2025

2007: 1812008: 3592009: 4032010: 2142011: 4172012: 1,1182013: 1,0352014: 1752015: 1242016: 2052017: 892018: 532019: 442020: 492021: 1322022: 2162023: 8242024: 3,4962025: 4,513
2007high 4,513 (2025) · low 44 (2019)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code HET, 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—0181
200831764359
20091—1403
20101—0214
20112—0417
20122—01,118
20132—01,035
20140—0175
20152—1124
20160—0205
20172—089
20181—053
20192—044
20202—049
202142690132
20221—1216
20230—4824
20240—03,496
20252—04,513
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The Karl Storz Unimat Plus system is designed to provide irrigation and aspiration of the surgical site during gynecologic laparoscopic surgical 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. “K963949: Ksea Unimat Plus.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K963949

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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