# K983652: Ablator Electrode

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Linvatec Corp.
- Decided: Mar 23, 1999 after 155 days
- Product code: HRX (Arthroscope)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.1100
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
7 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 8 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
- (no number) ESA Electrodes: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) ArthroCare® Electrosurgery System 2000: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) VAPR™: named in the summary without a submission number

## Most influential descendants
- K993885: Ultrablator Electrode (2000), 6 descendants of its own
- K030720: Ultrablator Electrode (2003), 4 descendants of its own
- K050923: Lightwave Integrated Electrode Ablator and Light Wave Integrated Electrode Suction Ablator (2005), 2 descendants of its own
- K101711: Ceruleau Electrosurgical Probe (2010), 0 descendants of its own
- K083281: EL Lightwave Suction Ablator, Model EL-2000-S, Lightwave Suction Ablator, Model IA-2000-S, Lightwave Ablator, Model IA- (2009), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Ablator Electrode is designed for general surgical use, including orthopaedic and arthroscopic applications of resection, ablation, excision of soft tissue, hemostasis of blood vessels and in coagulating soft tissues. Arthroscopic surgery includes the following: Knee Meniscectony Lateral Release Chondroplasty Synovectomy ACL Debridement Plica Removal Meniscal Cystectomy Ankle 1. Fracture Debridement 2. Excision of scar tissue 3. Synovectomy 4. Chondroplasty Wrist 1. Synovectomy 2. Cartilage Debridement 3. Fracture Debridement Shoulder 3. Excision of Scar Tissue 4. Acromioplasty 5. Bursectomy 6. Subacromial Decompression 7. Chondroplasty Elbow 1. Synovectomy 2. Tendon Debridement 3. Chondroplasty

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K983652
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology