# K973071: Tri Talon Retrieval Forceps

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Medical Engineering Laboratory, Inc.
- Decided: Oct 24, 1997 after 67 days
- Product code: OCZ (Endoscopic Grasping/Cutting Instrument, Non-Powered)
- 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
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. FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

## Indications for use
THE MEDICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC, TRI TALON RETRIEVAL FORCEPS (TRIPOD) IS INTENDED TO FOR USE IN THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS: GASTROSCOPE, SIGMOIDOSCOPE: USE THROUGH THE ACCESSORY/INSTRUMENT CHANNEL FOR REMOVAL OF FOOD IMPACTION OR FOREIGN OBJECTS FROM THE ESOPHAGUS OR STOMACH. COLONOSCOPE: USE THROUGH THE ACCESSORY/INSTRUMENTS CHANNEL FOR REMOVAL OF FOREIGN OBJECTS OR POLYPS FROM THE COLON. BRONCHOSCOPE: USE THROUGH THE ACCESSORY/INSTRUMENT CHANNEL FOR REMOVAL OF FOREIGN OBJECTS FROM THE LUNG. URETEROSCOPE: USE THROUGH THE ACCESSORY/INSTRUMENT CHANNEL FOR THE REMOVAL OF STONES AND FOREIGN OBJECTS FROM THE URETER AND BLADDER.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K973071
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology