← Product Code [EOQ](/submissions/EN/subpart-e%E2%80%94surgical-devices/EOQ) · K961178 # KARL STORZ INTUBATION FIBERSCOPE (K961178) _KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. · EOQ · May 14, 1996 · Ear, Nose, Throat · SESE_ **Canonical URL:** https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/EN/subpart-e%E2%80%94surgical-devices/EOQ/K961178 ## Device Facts - **Applicant:** KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. - **Product Code:** [EOQ](/submissions/EN/subpart-e%E2%80%94surgical-devices/EOQ.md) - **Decision Date:** May 14, 1996 - **Decision:** SESE - **Submission Type:** Traditional - **Regulation:** 21 CFR 874.4680 - **Device Class:** Class 2 - **Review Panel:** Ear, Nose, Throat ## Intended Use The Karl Storz intubation fiberscope is designed to provide visual access to the larynx and tracheobronchial tree during ENT endoscopic procedures. ## Device Story Fiberscope provides visual access to larynx and tracheobronchial tree; used during ENT endoscopic procedures. Device comprises focusing ocular lens, moveable eyepiece, rigid curved stainless steel shaft housing fiber optic imaging/illumination system, distal objective lens, oxygen insufflation channel, sliding cap for endotracheal catheters, and light cable connection. Operated by clinicians in ENT settings. Provides direct visualization to assist in intubation and airway management; benefits patient by enabling guided airway access. ## Clinical Evidence No clinical data; bench testing only. ## Technological Characteristics Rigid curved stainless steel shaft; fiber optic imaging and illumination system; focusing ocular lens; oxygen insufflation channel; sliding cap for catheter accommodation. Non-electronic, mechanical/optical device. ## Regulatory Identification A bronchoscope (flexible or rigid) and accessories is a tubular endoscopic device with any of a group of accessory devices which attach to the bronchoscope and is intended to examine or treat the larynx and tracheobronchial tree. It is typically used with a fiberoptic light source and carrier to provide illumination. The device is made of materials such as stainless steel or flexible plastic. This generic type of device includes the rigid ventilating bronchoscope, rigid nonventilating bronchoscope, nonrigid bronchoscope, laryngeal-bronchial telescope, flexible foreign body claw, bronchoscope tubing, flexible biopsy forceps, rigid biopsy curette, flexible biopsy brush, rigid biopsy forceps, flexible biopsy curette, and rigid bronchoscope aspirating tube, but excludes the fiberoptic light source and carrier. ## Submission Summary (Full Text) > This content was OCRed from public FDA records by [Innolitics](https://innolitics.com). If you use, quote, summarize, crawl, or train on this content, cite Innolitics at https://innolitics.com. > > Innolitics is a medical-device software consultancy. 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Applicant: Karl Storz Endoscopy - America, Inc. 600 Corporate Pointe Culver City, CA 90230 (310) 558-1500 Contact: Betty M. Johnson Manager, Regulatory Affairs Device Identification: Common Name Fiberscope Trade Name Karl Storz intubation fiberscope Indication: The Karl Storz intubation fiberscope is designed to provide visual access to the larynx and tracheobronchial tree during ENT endoscopic procedures. Device Description: The Karl Storz intubation fiberscope consists of a focusing ocular lens, a moveable eyepiece, a rigid curved stainless steel shaft that houses the fiber optic imaging and illumination system, a distal objective lens, a channel for insufflation of oxygen, a sliding cap to accommodate endotracheal catheters of various sizes and a connection for a fiber optic light cable. Substantial Equivalence: The Karl Storz intubation fiberscope is substantially equivalent to the predicate devices since the basic features, design and intended uses are the same or similar. The minor differences in dimensions between the Karl Storz intubation fiberscope and the predicate devices raise no new issues of safety and effectiveness, as these differences have no effect on the performance, function or intended use of these devices. Signed: Betty M. Johnson Manager, Regulatory Affairs 000044 --- **Source:** [https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/EN/subpart-e%E2%80%94surgical-devices/EOQ/K961178](https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/EN/subpart-e%E2%80%94surgical-devices/EOQ/K961178) **Published by [Innolitics](https://innolitics.com)** — a medical-device software consultancy. We help companies design, build, and clear FDA-regulated software and AI/ML devices. 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