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FDA product code · Obstetrics/Gynecology

HETLaparoscope, Gynecologic (And Accessories)

Product code HET covers Laparoscope, Gynecologic (And Accessories), a Class II device regulated under 21 CFR 884.1720. FDA has cleared 338 devices in this code, 1 of them in the last 12 months. Median review time across the 338 most recent decisions is 150 days. openFDA lists 19 recall records against this code.

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Class
Class II
Regulation
21 CFR 884.1720
Review panel
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Clearances
338

What is happening in HET right now?

HET (Laparoscope, Gynecologic (And Accessories)): nothing changed in the six FDA sources we watch.

Checked predicate ancestry, recalls, adverse events, new entrants, review time, crowding. Nothing changed, so there is nothing here — which is the point. We only write when something did.

How many devices has FDA cleared in HET?

FDA has cleared 338 devices under product code HET since the 510(k) programme began in 1976, 1 of them in the last 12 months.

Source: openFDA device/510k · retrieved

Most recent 510(k) clearances in HET, newest first.
510(k)DeviceApplicantDecision
K250939SIRIUS Endoscope System (PR-SI-1230)Precision Robotics (Hong Kong) Limited
K243821i-CutA.M.I. Agency For Medical Innovations GmbH
K221642SIRIUS Endoscope SystemPrecision Robotics (Hong Kong) Limited
K210116Video Endoscopy System, 3D Video Endoscopy SystemSurgnova Healthcare Technologies (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.
K201832Endoeye Flex Deflectable Videoscope Olympus LTF-S190-5Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
K210104SurroundScope System270surgical , Ltd.
K201617TipVision Videoscope System (TipVision VideoScope 0°/30°; EleVision HD 2 Camera Control Unit (CCU))Schoelly Fiberoptic GmbH
K2002164K UHD Camera SystemScivita Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
K200638LAP-iX Suction IrrigationSejong Medical Co., Ltd.
K190190WV1 Endoscope270surgical , Ltd.

How long does FDA review take for HET?

The median FDA review time for HET is 150 days, measured across the 338 most recent decisions with both a received date and a decision date.

Review time here is decision date minus date received, as published by FDA. It is elapsed calendar time, not FDA review days — the two differ whenever the agency stops the clock for an additional information request.

Source: openFDA device/510k · retrieved

Are there recalls in HET?

openFDA lists 19 recall records against product code HET. A recall record covers one firm's corrective action and may span many device lots.

  • Z-1473-2024Open, ClassifiedKarl Storz Endoscopy

    Inadequate reprocessing validation evidence

  • Z-0644-2024Open, ClassifiedOlympus Corporation of the Americas

    Instructions for Use-User Deviations related to the reprocessing of the videoscope detailed in the Reprocessing Manual Instructions. The steps are required for the proper reprocessing of these videoscopes

  • Z-0645-2024Open, ClassifiedOlympus Corporation of the Americas

    Instructions for Use-User Deviations related to the reprocessing of the videoscope detailed in the Reprocessing Manual Instructions. The steps are required for the proper reprocessing of these videoscopes

  • Z-0697-2024Open, ClassifiedOlympus Corporation of the Americas

    Reports of a pink or green coloration of the image. If the issue is encountered during a procedure, device exchange could potentially result in prolonged surgery; potential visual impacts mucosal injury or bleeding may occur.

  • Z-0573-2024Open, ClassifiedKarl Storz Endoscopy

    The efficacy of the manual cleaning process cannot be assured for the affected injection needles intended for general surgery and visceral surgery, which if used, may expose the patient to a higher risk of infection.

Showing the 5 most recently initiated of 19. Recall class comes from openFDA's enforcement endpoint, which does not carry every recall — where it is missing, none is shown rather than guessed. Status is FDA's own wording; a terminated recall is a closed one, and the total spans the code's whole history, not just what is open today.

Source: openFDA device/recall · retrieved

How many adverse events are reported for HET?

MAUDE holds 9,778 adverse-event reports naming product code HET, 3,269 of them received in the last 12 months.

MAUDE reports are submitted by manufacturers, importers, user facilities and the public. They are unverified, and a report is not proof that the device caused the event.

Source: openFDA device/event · retrieved

Is adverse-event reporting in HET unusual?

One month sits above HET's own expected range: 1 December 2025.

Monthly adverse-event reports naming HET, against the expected range computed from this code's own history. Shaded band is the expected range; a bar above it is the month flagged. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
Reports received per month for HET, with the expected range and whether the month fell outside it.
MonthReportsExpectedVerdict
73Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
45Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
83Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
39Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
69Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
60Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
66Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
66Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
62Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
71Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
53Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
73Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
206Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
504Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
423Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
451Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
309Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
382Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
357Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
198Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
469Insufficient historyNo expected range — too little history
44614–625Within expected (14–625)
37057–565Within expected (57–565)
298123–613Within expected (123–613)
361166–555Within expected (166–555)
291180–503Within expected (180–503)
278182–494Within expected (182–494)
295268–737Within expected (268–737)
332134–527Within expected (134–527)
297144–555Within expected (144–555)
369121–541Within expected (121–541)
401117–496Within expected (117–496)
652188–562Above expected (188–562)
305263–796Within expected (263–796)
368167–614Within expected (167–614)
632190–647Within expected (190–647)

21 months do not have a full, unbroken year of history before them, so no expected range is shown for those. Insufficient history is reported as insufficient rather than as zero: an empty baseline would turn a gap in our data into a spike. Method: ewma_alpha_0.3_sd_2 corpus_adjusted. Counts are divided by the corpus-wide volume for that month before comparison, so a rise across all of MAUDE is not reported as a rise in HET.

What are the predicate devices in HET?

FDA publishes no machine-readable predicate field, so no predicate chain is recorded for this code yet.

A predicate chain matters because a device inherits the safety history of what it was compared to. FDA publishes the chain only inside each 510(k) summary PDF, never as data — so where we have edges, they are read from those documents, and where we do not, we say so instead of showing an empty list.

Who files 510(k)s in HET?

Across the 338 most recent decisions, these applicants filed most often in HET.

Most frequent applicants in HET among recent decisions.
ApplicantRecent clearances
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc.29
Dixon Medical, Inc.12
ETHICON, Inc.11
Marlo Surgical Technology10
Baxter Healthcare Corp9

Applicant names above are exactly as FDA published them, so one company can appear under several spellings.

Source: openFDA device/510k · retrieved

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