# K973252: Karl Storz Direct Coupled Camera Head

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.
- Decided: Nov 24, 1997 after 87 days
- Product code: FET (Endoscopic Video Imaging System/Component, Gastroenterology-Urology)
- 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
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K883943 (1988). 2 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 4 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K950862: Karl Storz Endovision Tricam, Model 20221101 (20221001, Pal Format) Color Television Camera for Endoscopic Procedures, Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. (1995) Summary page 2.
- K883943: CCM-1 Video Camera System, Medical Concepts, Inc. (1988) Summary page 2.

## Most influential descendants
- K990154: Karl Storz Direct Coupled Interface (Dci 5) Camera System (1999), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Karl Storz Imaging (KST) Direct Coupled (DCC) Camera Head is a color, television camera head designed for attachment to a Karl Storz Tuttlingen (KST) DCC endoscopic visioning system. The KSI DCC camera head is compatible with the currently marketed KSI Telecam SL (Super Luxury) and the KSI Telecam SL with IPM (Image Processing Module) video processors. The camera head is suitable for attachment to any KST DCC rigid or flexible endoscope, including, but not limited to sinoscopes, colonoscopes, sigmoidoscopes, bronchoscopes, gastroscopes, laparoscopes, choledoscopes, ureteroscopes, hysteroscopes and arthroscopes. The camera head is coupled to the endoscope by directly pressing the endoscope onto the front of the DCC camera head until it locks into place. The endoscopic image can be displayed on any standard operating room video monitor.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K973252
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology