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# FEMRX MORCELLATOR SYSTEM (K963872)

_Gynecare Innovation Center · HET · Jan 17, 1997 · Obstetrics/Gynecology · SESE_

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## Device Facts

- **Applicant:** Gynecare Innovation Center
- **Product Code:** [HET](/submissions/OB/subpart-b%E2%80%94obstetrical-and-gynecological-diagnostic-devices/HET.md)
- **Decision Date:** Jan 17, 1997
- **Decision:** SESE
- **Submission Type:** Traditional
- **Regulation:** 21 CFR 884.1720
- **Device Class:** Class 2
- **Review Panel:** Obstetrics/Gynecology
- **Attributes:** Therapeutic

## Device Story

FemRx™ Morcellator System; motor-driven rotating cutting blade within cylindrical housing; tissue extraction via central lumen using forceps; disposable device; utilizes previously cleared FemRx™ Motor Drive Unit (MDU) (K954648, K962506); fixed non-rotating inner cylinder reduces torsional/rotational force on tissue fragments during extraction; used in endoscopic surgical settings; physician-operated; facilitates removal of tissue samples.

## Clinical Evidence

No clinical data provided; substantial equivalence based on design and mechanical comparison to predicate.

## Technological Characteristics

Motor-driven rotating cutting blade; cylindrical housing; fixed inner non-rotating cylinder; disposable; medical grade non-toxic materials; external motor drive unit (MDU) connection via flexible drive cable.

## Regulatory Identification

A gynecologic laparoscope is a device used to permit direct viewing of the organs within the peritoneum by a telescopic system introduced through the abdominal wall. It is used to perform diagnostic and surgical procedures on the female genital organs. This generic type of device may include: Trocar and cannula, instruments used through an operating channel, scope preheater, light source and cables, and component parts.

## Predicate Devices

- Karl Storz STEINER™ Morcellator

## Reference Devices

- FemRx™ OPERA STAR™ Hysteroscopic System ([K954648](/device/K954648.md))
- FemRx™ TURP STAR™ Urological Resectoscopic System ([K962506](/device/K962506.md))

## Submission Summary (Full Text)

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510(k) SUMMARY

K963872

The FemRx™ Morcellator System is virtually identical to the currently marketed Karl Storz STEINER™ Morcellator in terms of its tissue cutting and extraction mechanism. Both devices utilize a separate motor drive box and flexible drive cable to drive a rotating cutting blade, internal to a cylindrical housing, used to cut or core tissue as it is drawn up through the central lumen of the device by the use of standard forceps.

The principle difference between the FemRx™ Morcellator and the Storz device is that the FemRx device incorporates a fixed cylinder inside the rotating cutter (see figure below). The fixed (non rotating) cylinder located on the inside of the cutter is designed to reduce the torsional or rotational force applied to the cored tissue fragments as they are pulled up through the central lumen of the FemRx™ device.

The FemRx™ Morcellator System also differs from the Storz device in that it is disposable and utilizes the Motor Drive Unit (MDU) that has been previously cleared as part of the FemRx™ OPERA STAR™ and TURP STAR™ Hysteroscopic and Urological Resectoscopic Systems [510(k) numbers K954648 and K962506].

All tissue contacting materials are standard medical grade and non-toxic.

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FemRx™ Morcellator

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Storz STEINER™ Morcellator

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