8mm Monopolar Curved Scissors
K220023 · Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · NAY · Jan 31, 2022 · Gastroenterology, Urology
Device Facts
| Record ID | K220023 |
| Device Name | 8mm Monopolar Curved Scissors |
| Applicant | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| Product Code | NAY · Gastroenterology, Urology |
| Decision Date | Jan 31, 2022 |
| Decision | SESE |
| Submission Type | Special |
| Regulation | 21 CFR 876.1500 |
| Device Class | Class 2 |
| Attributes | Therapeutic, Pediatric |
Intended Use
The EndoWrist Monopolar Curved Scissors is intended to be used with the da Vinci Xi System or the da Vinci X System for endoscopic manipulation of tissue, including: cutting, blunt and sharp dissection, electrocautery. The Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instrument Control System (da Vinci Surgical System, Model IS4000) is intended to assist in the accurate control of Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instruments including rigid endoscopes, blunt and sharp endoscopic dissectors, scalpels, forceps/pick-ups, needle holders, endoscopic retractors, electrocautery and accessories for endoscopic manipulation of tissue, including grasping, cutting, blunt and sharp dissection, approximation, ligation, electrocautery, suturing, and delivery and placement of microwave and cryogenic ablation probes and accessories, during urologic surgical procedures, general laparoscopic surgical procedures, gynecologic laparoscopic surgical procedures, general thoracoscopic surgical procedures and thoracoscopically assisted cardiotomy procedures. The system can also be employed with adjunctive mediastinotomy to perform coronary anastomosis during cardiac revascularization. The system is indicated for adult and pediatric use. It is intended to be used by trained physicians in an operating room environment in accordance with the representative, specific procedures set forth in the Professional Instructions for Use.
Device Story
8mm Monopolar Curved Scissors; reusable endoscopic instrument for da Vinci Xi (IS4000) and da Vinci X (IS4200) surgical systems. Device comprises housing, shaft, wrist, and tip; enables multi-axis rotation for precise tissue interaction. Used by surgeons in operating rooms for cutting, cauterizing, coagulation, and blunt dissection. Instrument connects to robotic system; surgeon controls movements via console. Output is mechanical tissue manipulation and electrocautery delivery. Benefits include enhanced precision and control during minimally invasive procedures. Modification involves material change to main tube.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. Verification and validation testing conducted on da Vinci Surgical System to confirm mechanical/electrical requirements, instrument reliability, durability, leakage, and electrical safety. Biocompatibility testing performed per ISO 10993-1 and ASTM standards.
Technological Characteristics
Reusable 8mm monopolar curved scissors; consists of housing, shaft, wrist, and tip. Compatible with da Vinci Xi and X systems. Material change to main tube compared to predicate. Biocompatibility per ISO 10993-1:2018. Non-sterile delivery; requires single-use tip cover accessory.
Indications for Use
Indicated for adult and pediatric patients requiring endoscopic tissue manipulation, including cutting, blunt/sharp dissection, and electrocautery during urologic, general laparoscopic, gynecologic laparoscopic, general thoracoscopic, and thoracoscopically assisted cardiotomy procedures. Used by trained physicians in operating room environments.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
An endoscope and accessories is a device used to provide access, illumination, and allow observation or manipulation of body cavities, hollow organs, and canals. The device consists of various rigid or flexible instruments that are inserted into body spaces and may include an optical system for conveying an image to the user's eye and their accessories may assist in gaining access or increase the versatility and augment the capabilities of the devices. Examples of devices that are within this generic type of device include cleaning accessories for endoscopes, photographic accessories for endoscopes, nonpowered anoscopes, binolcular attachments for endoscopes, pocket battery boxes, flexible or rigid choledochoscopes, colonoscopes, diagnostic cystoscopes, cystourethroscopes, enteroscopes, esophagogastroduodenoscopes, rigid esophagoscopes, fiberoptic illuminators for endoscopes, incandescent endoscope lamps, biliary pancreatoscopes, proctoscopes, resectoscopes, nephroscopes, sigmoidoscopes, ureteroscopes, urethroscopes, endomagnetic retrievers, cytology brushes for endoscopes, and lubricating jelly for transurethral surgical instruments. This section does not apply to endoscopes that have specialized uses in other medical specialty areas and that are covered by classification regulations in other parts of the device classification regulations.
Special Controls
*Classification* —(1)*Class II (special controls).* The device, when it is an endoscope disinfectant basin, which consists solely of a container that holds disinfectant and endoscopes and accessories; an endoscopic magnetic retriever intended for single use; sterile scissors for cystoscope intended for single use; a disposable, non-powered endoscopic grasping/cutting instrument intended for single use; a diagnostic incandescent light source; a fiberoptic photographic light source; a routine fiberoptic light source; an endoscopic sponge carrier; a xenon arc endoscope light source; an endoscope transformer; an LED light source; or a gastroenterology-urology endoscopic guidewire, is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 876.9.(2) Class I for the photographic accessories for endoscope, miscellaneous bulb adapter for endoscope, binocular attachment for endoscope, eyepiece attachment for prescription lens, teaching attachment, inflation bulb, measuring device for panendoscope, photographic equipment for physiologic function monitor, special lens instrument for endoscope, smoke removal tube, rechargeable battery box, pocket battery box, bite block for endoscope, and cleaning brush for endoscope. The devices subject to this paragraph (b)(2) are exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807of this chapter, subject to the limitations in § 876.9.
Predicate Devices
- 8mm Monopolar Curved Scissors (K131861)
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Submission Summary (Full Text)
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Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Gayle Perry Sr. Regulatory Affairs Engineer 1266 Kifer Road Sunnyvale, California 94086
Re: K220023
Trade/Device Name: 8mm Monopolar Curved Scissors Regulation Number: 21 CFR 876.1500 Regulation Name: Endoscope And Accessories Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: NAY Dated: January 4, 2022 Received: January 5, 2022
Dear Gayle Perry:
We have reviewed your Section 510(k) premarket notification of intent to market the device referenced above and have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to legally marketed predicate devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments, or to devices that have been reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act) that do not require approval of a premarket approval application (PMA). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions of the Act. Although this letter refers to your product as a device, please be aware that some cleared products may instead be combination products. The 510(k) Premarket Notification Database located at https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm identifies combination product submissions. The general controls provisions of the Act include requirements for annual registration, listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, labeling, and prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration. Please note: CDRH does not evaluate information related to contract liability warranties. We remind you, however, that device labeling must be truthful and not misleading.
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Sincerely,
Mark Trumbore Assistant Director DHT4A: Division of General Surgery Devices OHT4: Office of Surgical and Infection Control Devices Office of Product Evaluation and Quality Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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| Food and Drug Administration |
| Indications for Use |
Form Approved: OMB No. 0910-0120 Expiration Date: 06/30/2023 See PRA Statement below.
#### 510(k) Number (if known)
Device Name 8mm Monopolar Curved Scissors
#### Indications for Use (Describe)
The Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instrument Control System (da Vinci System. Model IS4000) is intended to assist in the accurate control of Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instruments including rigid endoscopes, blunt and sharp endoscopic dissectors, scissors, scalpels, forceps/pick-ups, needle holders, endoscopic retractors, electrocautery and accessories for endoscopic manipulation of tissue, including grasping, cutting, blunt and sharp dissection, approximation, ligation, electrocautery, suturing, and delivery and placement of microwave and cryogenic ablation probes and accessories, during urologic surgical procedures, general laparoscopic surgical procedures, gynecologic laparoscopic surgical procedures, general thoracoscopic surgical procedures and thoracoscopically assisted cardiotomy procedures. The system can also be employed with adjunctive mediastinotomy to perform coronary anastomosis during cardiac revascularization. The system is indicated for adult and pediatic use. It is intended to be used by tramed physicians in an operating room environment in accordance with the representative, specific procedures set forth in the Professional Instructions for Use.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
> Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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#### 510(k) Summary
| 510(k) Owner: | Intuitive Surgical, Inc.<br>1266 Kifer Road<br>Sunnyvale, CA 94086 |
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| Contact: | Gayle Perry<br>Senior Regulatory Affairs Engineer<br>Cell Number: 650-867-9347<br>Email: gayle.perry@intusurg.com |
| Date Summary Prepared: | January 4, 2022 |
| Trade Name: | 8mm Monopolar Curved Scissors |
| Common Name: | Endoscope and accessories |
| Classification: | Class II<br>21 CFR 876.1500, Endoscope and Accessories |
| Product Codes: | NAY |
| Classification Advisory<br>Committee: | General and Plastic Surgery |
| Predicate Device: | K131861 – 8mm Monopolar Curved Scissors |
### Device Description
The Intuitive Surgical EndoWrist 8mm Monopolar Curved Scissors instrument is used with the Intuitive Surgical IS4000 da Vinci Xi Surgical System or IS4200 da Vinci X Surgical System for cutting, cauterizing, coagulation, manipulating and blunt dissection of tissue. The instrument consists of the housing, shaft, wrist, and tip. The shaft and wrist allow for different axes of rotation, and the instrument tip is used to interact with the patient tissue. This instrument is reusable and is provided non-sterile. The instrument is used with a single use tip cover accessory.
### Intended Use/Indications for Use:
The EndoWrist Monopolar Curved Scissors is intended to be used with the da Vinci Xi System or the da Vinci X System for endoscopic manipulation of tissue, including: cutting, blunt and sharp dissection, electrocautery.
The Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instrument Control System (da Vinci Surgical System, Model IS4000) is intended to assist in the accurate control of Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instruments including rigid endoscopes, blunt and sharp endoscopic dissectors, scalpels, forceps/pick-ups, needle holders, endoscopic retractors, electrocautery and accessories for endoscopic manipulation of tissue, including grasping, cutting, blunt and sharp dissection, approximation, ligation, electrocautery, suturing, and delivery and placement of microwave and
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cryogenic ablation probes and accessories, during urologic surgical procedures, general laparoscopic surgical procedures, gynecologic laparoscopic surgical procedures, general thoracoscopic surgical procedures and thoracoscopically assisted cardiotomy procedures. The system can also be employed with adjunctive mediastinotomy to perform coronary anastomosis during cardiac revascularization. The system is indicated for adult and pediatric use. It is intended to be used by trained physicians in an operating room environment in accordance with the representative, specific procedures set forth in the Professional Instructions for Use.
# Technological Characteristics:
The subject 8mm Monopolar Curved Scissors is very similar to its predicate device originally cleared under K131861 for use with the IS4000 da Vinci Xi System, and subsequently cleared under K171294 for use with the IS4200 da Vinci X System. It has the same intended use, same fundamental scientific technology, and similar technological characteristics as the predicate device. The modification to the device consists of a material change to the main tube.
# Performance Data:
In accordance with the Design Control process, risk analysis was conducted to evaluate the impact of modification to the predicate device. Design verification and design validation testing were conducted on the subject device to confirm that the design output meets design input requirements and that the device is safe and effective for its intended use.
# Design Verification:
The bench testing with the subject device was performed on a da Vinci Surgical System. The design verification summarized in this submission verifies mechanical and electrical requirements for the subject instrument, such as:
- instrument reliability and durability, ●
- leakage,
- electrical safety,
- general and physical requirements to ensure compatibility with the system and tip cover . accessory.
# Design Validation:
The design validation summarized in this submission validates functional and interaction (compatibility) requirements for the subject device. Design validation addresses how the features of the instrument meet the user needs and intended use as documented in the product requirements document.
# Biocompatibility Testing
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Biocompatibility tests on the subject device were performed in accordance with ISO 10993-1 and ASTM standards. Based upon the toxicological assessment, the established biocompatibility of the device for its intended clinical use, and the provisions of the current harmonized standard ISO 10993-1:2018, it was determined that the subject device met the requirements of the recognized biocompatibility standards for its intended clinical use.
# Summary:
Based on the intended use, indications for use, technological characteristics, performance data, and biocompatibility, the subject 8mm Monopolar Curved Scissors is substantially equivalent to the predicate device.
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