# K980366: Aaron 1200 High Frequency Electrosurgicl Generator A1200, A1200/240

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Aaron Medical Industries
- Decided: Feb 27, 1998 after 29 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
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K823924 (1983). 2 ancestors in all.
19 later devices descend from it; 3 cite it directly.
0 of 22 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K955681: Aaron 800 High Frequency Desiccator/Handpiece, Geiger Instrument Co., Inc. (1996) Summary page 1.
- K823924: Model SSE4 Electrosurgical Generator, Valleylab, Inc. (1983) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K021817: Aaron A950 High Frequency Electrosurgical Generator, Aaron A950 Electrosurgical Generator, 240V (2002), 16 descendants of its own
- K161134: Bovie Bantam/PRO Electrosurgical Generator, Bovie DERM 941 Electrosurgical Generator, Bovie DERM 942 Electrosurgical Generator (2016), 14 descendants of its own
- K192813: Plasma IQ (2020), 12 descendants of its own
- K212329: Plasma IQ (2021), 5 descendants of its own
- K201738: SubNovii Advanced Plasma Technology (2020), 5 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
o aaron 1200 is intended to be used for all low powered electrosurg: cut, blend, coagulation, fulguration and bipolar procedures.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K980366
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology