510(k) K043315

VANGUARD REPROCESSED HAND-ACTIVATED ULTRASONIC SCALPEL by Vanguard Medical Concepts, Inc. — Product Code NLQ

K043315 is an FDA 510(k) premarket notification submitted by Vanguard Medical Concepts, Inc. for the device "VANGUARD REPROCESSED HAND-ACTIVATED ULTRASONIC SCALPEL". The FDA issued a decision of Substantially Equivalent on March 22, 2005. The device falls under product code NLQ (Single-Use Reprocessed Ultrasonic Surgical Instruments), a Class U device. Vanguard Medical Concepts, Inc. has at least 10 other 510(k) clearances on record.

Clearance Details

Decision
SESE (Substantially Equivalent)
Decision Date
March 22, 2005
Date Received
December 1, 2004
Clearance Type
Traditional
Expedited Review
No
Third Party Review
No

Device Classification

Device Name
Single-Use Reprocessed Ultrasonic Surgical Instruments
Device Class
Class U
Regulation Number
Review Panel
SU
Submission Type

Single-use reprocessed versions of the ultrasonic devices used in surgical procedures either for fragmentation, emulsification and aspiration of soft tissue and hard tissue or for ligation of vessels (under product code “LFL”). Reprocessing validation data for this device type must be included in a 510(k) submission.. (70 FR 56911, available at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-09-29/pdf/05-19510.pdf).