# K970993: Deroyal Industries, Inc. Disposable Bipolar Electrosurgical Cable

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Deroyal Industries, Inc.
- Decided: May 22, 1997 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.
2 later devices descend 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)
- None. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
- (no number) American Biosurgical: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Apple Medical: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Birtcher Medical Systems: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Codman: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Conmed: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Kirwan: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Olsen: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Pilling: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Weck: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Valleylab: named in the summary without a submission number

## Most influential descendants
- K110462: Kepler Medtec Disposable Bipolar Cable (2011), 1 descendant of its own
- K201833: BiPad Hand Activated, Disposable Bipolar Electrocautery Cords (2020), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The DeRoyal Industries, Inc. Disposable Bipolar Electrosurgical Cable is indicated for use during electrosurgical procedures to provide transmission of electrical power from an electrosurgical generator to a bipolar instrument.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K970993
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology