# K991718: Operating Laparoscope, 10-5 MM, Angeled, Operating Laparoscope 12-7MM, Angled, Operating Laparoscope, 10-5,,. Oblique, D

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp.
- Decided: Aug 12, 1999 after 84 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
No predicates in its family tree.
119 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 120 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) Operating Peritoneoscope 4937: named in the summary without a submission number

## Most influential descendants
- K013165: Usa Series Laparoscopes (2002), 117 descendants of its own
- K091515: Spy Scope Intra-Operative Operating System (2009), 106 descendants of its own
- K101077: DA Vinci Fluorescence Imaging Vision System, Model FF 100 (2011), 104 descendants of its own
- K124031: DA Vinci Fluorescence Imaging Vision System (2013), 103 descendants of its own
- K141077: DA Vinci Firefly Imaging System (2014), 87 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The operating laparoscopes are used for viewing the interior of the patient through surgically produced accesses; for examination, diagnosis and / or therapy in connection with endoscopic accessories for laparoscopy.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K991718
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology