# K993885: Ultrablator Electrode

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Linvatec Corp.
- Decided: Feb 10, 2000 after 86 days
- Product code: JOS (Electrode, Electrosurgical)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4400
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K944992 (1995). 2 ancestors in all.
6 later devices descend from it; 3 cite it directly.
0 of 9 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K983652: Ablator Electrode, Linvatec Corp. (1999) Summary page 3.
- K944992: Electrodes, Linvatec Corp. (1995) Summary page 5.

## Most influential descendants
- 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
- K052692: Suretek Medical Reprocessed Electrosurgical Electrodes (2006), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The UltrAblator™ Electrode is intended to be used in arthroscopic applications of resection, ablation, tissue modification, excision of soft tissue, hemostasis of blood vessels and in coagulating soft tissues. Arthroscopic surgery includes the following: Knee 1. Meniscectomy 2. Lateral Release 3. Chondroplasty 4. Synovectomy 5. ACL Debridement 6. Plica Removal 7. 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 Labral Tear Resection Synovectomy Excision of Scar Tissue Acromioplasty Bursectomy Subacromial Decompression Chondroplasty Elbow 1. Synovectomy 2. Tendon Debridement 3. Chondroplasty

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K993885
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology