# K973259: K&W 2-Piece Take-Apart Instruments (Various)

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Medical Creative Technologies, Inc.
- Decided: Sep 10, 1997 after 12 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.
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 summary cites one number, which could not be confirmed as its predicate (listed below).

## Cited in the summary but kept off the family tree
- K352148: Karl Storz Endoscopy America, Inc. devices. Not in FDA’s 510(k), De Novo or PMA lists as we hold them (a misreading, a typo, or a number FDA does not list), so it is kept off the family tree Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K150127: Laparoscopic Handles with peek Insulation (2015), 1 descendant of its own
- K173272: Ergonomic Handle (2018), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
For use in endoscopic surgical procedures through cannulae to perform cutting, grasping, dissecting, retracting, and manipulating functions.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K973259
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology