# K990691: Hermes Operating Room Control Center

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Computer Motion, Inc.
- Decided: Mar 23, 1999 after 20 days
- Product code: GCJ (Laparoscope, General & Plastic Surgery)
- 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
Longest line of descent: 4 generations back to K931783 (1993). 5 ancestors in all.
42 later devices descend from it; 3 cite it directly.
0 of 48 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K980787: Hermes Operating Room Control Center with the Wom 20L Insufflator, Computer Motion, Inc. (1998). Our OCR of the scanned summary read K990787, FDA’s number for TRIO 300 (Ito Co., Ltd.), decided Oct 20, 1999, after this device. Corrected to the number one digit away whose FDA name carries the summary’s words for the device, “HERMES Operating Room Control Center and Accessories”.

## Most influential descendants
- K991444: Hermes Control Center, with Control of the Aesop 3000HR (Hermes Ready). (1999), 40 descendants of its own
- K022393: Merdoc System (2003), 39 descendants of its own
- K121893: Stryker SDC3 HD Information Management System (2012), 14 descendants of its own
- K033135: Stryker Wireless Universal Footswitch System (2004), 13 descendants of its own
- K160332: Stryker SDC3 HD Information Management System with Wireless Device Control Capability (2016), 12 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The HERMES OR Control Center is indicated for use with Stryker Endoscopy 882 Camera, Quantum 5000 Light Source, Stryker SES Shaver, W.O.M. 20L Insufflator and W.O.M. 2.0L Arthroscopy Pump. It can be used in general laparoscopy, nasopharyngoscopy, ear endoscopy, and sinuscopy where a laparoscope/endoscope is indicated for use. A few examples of the more common endoscopic surgeries are laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic hernia rePalr, laparoscopic appendectomy, laparoscopic pelvic lymph node dissection, laparoscopically assisted hysterectomy, laparoscopic & thorascopic anterior spinal fusion, decompression fixation, wedge resection, lung biopsy, pleural biopsy, dorsal sympathectomy, pleurodesis, internal mammary artery dissection for coronary artery bypass, coronary artery bypass grafting where endoscopic visualization is indicated and examination of the evacuated cardiac_ chamber during performance of valve replacement. The users of the HERMES ORCC are general surgeons, gynecologists, cardiac surgeons, thoracic surgeons, plastic surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, ENT surgeons and urologists.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K990691
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology