# K991734: Modification of: Hermes Operating Room Control Center

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Computer Motion, Inc.
- Decided: Jun 9, 1999 after 19 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: 5 generations back to K931783 (1993). 6 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 7 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K990691: Hermes Operating Room Control Center, Computer Motion, Inc. (1999) Summary page 1.

## Cited in the summary but kept off the family tree
- K974771: Stryker SE5 Arthroscopy System with Hermes Voice Control, Stryker Endoscopy (1998). Not matched in our reading of the summary (scans can blur digits), so it is kept off the family tree

## 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, W.0.M. 2.0L Arthroscopy Pump. and the Strvker Total Performance System (endoscopy port only). 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 hemia repair, laparoscopic appendectomy, laparoscopic pelvie symph 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 in 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/K991734
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology