510(k) · Cleared
ClearedRocket Electrode
Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly
A & A Medical, Inc. · HGI Electrocautery, Gynecologic (And Accessories)
Cleared on Jan 30, 1998 after an 88-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
- Decided
- Jan 30, 1998
- Review
- 88 days
- Class
- Class II
- Product code
- HGI
- Recalls
- None
- Predicates
- 0
The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
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? (1)
Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.
| Type | Number | Device | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
| * | — | Electrodes (Blade, Ball, Needle, Square and Loop) from Aaron Medical Industries Named without a submission 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 HGI devicesHGI Electrocautery, Gynecologic (And Accessories): FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.
FDA decisions per year · HGI
1in 2021
2026 to Oct 25, outlined.
Median 510(k) review, days · HGI
Too few HGI 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.
Recalls per year · HGI
7in 2021
Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified
Adverse event reports per year · HGI
41in 2025
MAUDE reports naming product code HGI, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.
View these four charts as a table
| Year | Decisions | Median 510(k) review, days | Recalls (Class I) | MAUDE reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | — | 0 | 6 |
| 2014 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | — | 0 | 27 |
| 2016 | 1 | — | 0 | 56 |
| 2017 | 0 | — | 0 | 33 |
| 2018 | 0 | — | 0 | 30 |
| 2019 | 0 | — | 3 | 127 |
| 2020 | 0 | — | 0 | 102 |
| 2021 | 1 | — | 7 | 100 |
| 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | 104 |
| 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | 61 |
| 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | 44 |
| 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | 41 |
| 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
What is it indicated for?
Rocket Electrode is to be used as a gynecologic electrocautery device for tissue excision.
It is designed to destroy tissue with high temperatures by tissue contact with an electrically heated probe. This is to excise cervical lesions, perform biopsies, or treat chronic cervititis under direct visual observation
Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.
https://510kreport.com/device/K974138 · printed Nov 6, 2026
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510(k) Report. “K974138: Rocket Electrode.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K974138
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- FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
- Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
- Page last updated Nov 3, 2026