VPS Rhythm Device with TipTracker Technology— 510(k) K160925
Substantially EquivalentArrow International, Inc. (A Subsidiary of Teleflex, Inc.)
FDA 510(k) clearance K160925 for VPS Rhythm Device with TipTracker Technology, Substantially Equivalent on 2016-12-22. Applicant: Arrow International, Inc. (A Subsidiary of Teleflex, Inc.). Device class: 2.
Clearance details
- Applicant
- Arrow International, Inc. (A Subsidiary of Teleflex, Inc.)
- Product code
- Code LJS
- Device class
- Class 2
- Regulation
- 21 CFR 880.5970
- Advisory panel
- General Hospital
- Date received
- Decision date
- Decision
- Substantially Equivalent
- Clearance type
- Traditional
- Location
- Reading, PA, US
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Adverse events under product code LJS
product code LJS- Death
- 31
- Injury
- 2,791
- Malfunction
- 18,374
- Other
- 5
- Total
- 21,201
Source: openFDA MAUDE database, through . Counts aggregate all devices under this product code, not just this specific clearance. Reports are submissions to FDA, not validated events. Search MAUDE directly →
Recalls naming K160925
K-number listed on FDA's recall record- Z-0004-2024 — Arrow ErgoPack Pressure Injectable Arrowg+ard Blue Advance Three-Lumen PICC pre-loaded with Arrow VPS TipTracker Stylet, REF CDC-45563-TTS; catheter, intravascular, therapeutic, long-term greater than 30 days
- Z-2382-2018 — VPS Rhythm ECG Accessory Pack with Johans Adapter, REF RHY-100-ECGJ Product Usage: To provide real time tip location information of a central venous catheter by utilization of ECG to observe P-wave changes as the tip approaches the right atrium of the heart via the Superior Vena Cava (SVC). The VPS Rhythm Device is appropriate for final catheter tip placement in any catheter that is intended to be placed in the lower 1/3 of the SVC near the cavo-atrial junction (CAJ). Catheters that are traditionally considered CVCs that are intended to be placed in the right atrium, or any location other than the lower 1/3 SVC (e.g. chronic hemodialysis catheters placed in the right atrium).
- Z-2383-2018 — VPS Rhythm ECG Accessory Pack, REF RHY-100-ECGO Product Usage: To provide real time tip location information of a central venous catheter by utilization of ECG to observe P-wave changes as the tip approaches the right atrium of the heart via the Superior Vena Cava (SVC). The VPS Rhythm Device is appropriate for final catheter tip placement in any catheter that is intended to be placed in the lower 1/3 of the SVC near the cavo-atrial junction (CAJ). Catheters that are traditionally considered CVCs that are intended to be placed in the right atrium, or any location other than the lower 1/3 SVC (e.g. chronic hemodialysis catheters placed in the right atrium).
- Z-2384-2018 — VPS TipTracker Stylet Accessory, REF RHY-177-TTSAP Product Usage: To provide real time tip location information of a central venous catheter by utilization of ECG to observe P-wave changes as the tip approaches the right atrium of the heart via the Superior Vena Cava (SVC). The VPS Rhythm Device is appropriate for final catheter tip placement in any catheter that is intended to be placed in the lower 1/3 of the SVC near the cavo-atrial junction (CAJ). Catheters that are traditionally considered CVCs that are intended to be placed in the right atrium, or any location other than the lower 1/3 SVC (e.g. chronic hemodialysis catheters placed in the right atrium).
- Z-2026-2018 — VPS Rhythm ECG Accessory Pack with Johans Adapter; Product codes: RHY-100-ECGJ
- Z-2027-2018 — VPS Rhythm ECG Accessory Pack ; Product codes: RHY-100-ECGO
- Z-2028-2018 — VPS TipTracker Stylet Accessory; Product codes: RHY-177-TTSAP
Matched by K-number from FDA's Recall Enterprise System record (openFDA device/recallk_numbers) — these recalls explicitly list K160925.
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