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Isolated Saline Electrodes/Probes/Devices-Salinetrode

K981256510(k) TraditionalCleared May 12, 199840-day reviewClass II21 CFR 876.4300

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Ximed/Prosure/Injectx · FAS Electrode, Electrosurgical, Active, Urological

Cleared on May 12, 1998 after a 40-day review. FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

Decided
May 12, 1998
Review
40 days
Class
Class II
Product code
FAS
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K981256Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), the FDA 510(k) statement (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?

FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

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 FAS devices

FAS Electrode, Electrosurgical, Active, Urological: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · FAS

2in 2025

2010: 32011: 12012: 22015: 12016: 12017: 22021: 22022: 12024: 12025: 2
2007high 3 (2010) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · FAS

150in 2010

2010: 150 days median
2007high 150 (2010)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · FAS

1in 2023

2016: 22021: 42023: 1
2007high 4 (2021) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · FAS

395in 2025

2007: 62008: 132009: 92010: 252011: 332012: 302013: 482014: 522015: 822016: 692017: 1212018: 702019: 612020: 1002021: 1022022: 1472023: 3292024: 3102025: 395
2007high 395 (2025) · low 6 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code FAS, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
20070—06
20080—013
20090—09
20103150025
20111—033
20122—030
20130—048
20140—052
20151—082
20161—269
20172—0121
20180—070
20190—061
20200—0100
20212—4102
20221—0147
20230—1329
20241—0310
20252—0395
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The electrosurgical probes and devices are to be used with commercially available R.F. generators, endoscopes including laparoscopes, hysteroscopes, resectoscopes, cystoscopes and suction/irrigation systems. These devices can be used for laparoscopic, hysteroscopic, cystoscopic, resectoscopic and other endoscopic and open surgical procedures including TURP, BPH, prostate surgery, and other soft tissue removal using cutting/coagulation/ablation mode of R.F. energy.

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA 510(k) statement, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K981256: Isolated Saline Electrodes/Probes/Devices-Salinetrode.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K981256

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026