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Personal Ecg Transmitter, Model CG-6550

K003220510(k) SpecialCleared Nov 8, 200023-day reviewClass II21 CFR 870.2920

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Card Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd. · DXH Transmitters And Receivers, Electrocardiograph, Telephone

Cleared on Nov 8, 2000 after a 23-day review. FDA lists a 510(k) statement for it but has not posted the file, so its predicates are not known. 45 later devices descend from it.

Decided
Nov 8, 2000
Review
23 days
Class
Class II
Product code
DXH
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

45 later devices descend from it, 1 citing it directly.

Descendants, by year cleared 2006: 1 descendant cleared2008: 2 descendants cleared2007: 1 descendant cleared2010: 4 descendants cleared2009: 1 descendant cleared2011: 4 descendants cleared2014: 3 descendants cleared2013: 1 descendant cleared2016: 5 descendants cleared2015: 4 descendants cleared2024: 2 descendants cleared2017: 3 descendants cleared2019: 1 descendant cleared2020: 2 descendants cleared2026: 3 descendants cleared2025: 3 descendants cleared2023: 3 descendants cleared2018: 1 descendant cleared2021: 1 descendant cleared200020052010201520202025
  1. This deviceK003220 Personal Ecg Transmitter, Model CG-6550Card Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd. · 2000
  2. Descendant · cites it directly · 44 of its ownK060911 CG-6108 Arrhythmia Ecg Event RecorderCard Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd. · 2006
  3. Descendant · 2 generations on · 25 of its ownK071995 CG-6108 Continuous Ecg Monitor and Arrhythmia DetectorCard Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd. · 2007 · Recalled
  4. Descendant · 3 generations on · 18 of its ownK081257 CG-6108 Act-3L Continuous Ecg Monitor & Arrhythmia DetectorCard Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd. · 2008 · Recalled
  5. Descendant · 2 generations on · 17 of its ownK083535 Heartrak Smart EcatUniversal Medical, Inc. · 2008
  6. Descendant · 3 generations on · 16 of its ownK131699 Emotion Ecg MobileMega Electronics, Ltd. · 2013

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Descendants cleared per year

2006: 12007: 12008: 22009: 12010: 42011: 42013: 12014: 32015: 42016: 52017: 32018: 12019: 12020: 22021: 12023: 32024: 22025: 32026: 3
2006high 5 (2016) · low 0 (2012)2026

Most influential descendants

Showing 5 of 45 · See all
  • K060911CG-6108 Arrhythmia Ecg Event RecorderCard Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd. · 2006 · cites it directly44descendants
  • K071995CG-6108 Continuous Ecg Monitor and Arrhythmia DetectorCard Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd. · 2007 · 2 generations on25descendants
  • K081257CG-6108 Act-3L Continuous Ecg Monitor & Arrhythmia DetectorCard Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd. · 2008 · 3 generations on18descendants
  • K083535Heartrak Smart EcatUniversal Medical, Inc. · 2008 · 2 generations on17descendants
  • K131699Emotion Ecg MobileMega Electronics, Ltd. · 2013 · 3 generations on16descendants
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
0 (this device)K003220Personal Ecg Transmitter, Model CG-6550Card Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd.2000—
+1K060911CG-6108 Arrhythmia Ecg Event RecorderCard Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd.2006—
+2K071995CG-6108 Continuous Ecg Monitor and Arrhythmia DetectorCard Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd.20072
+3K081257CG-6108 Act-3L Continuous Ecg Monitor & Arrhythmia DetectorCard Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd.20082
+2K083535Heartrak Smart EcatUniversal Medical, Inc.2008—
+3K131699Emotion Ecg MobileMega Electronics, Ltd.2013—

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
200610
200710
200820
200910
201040
201140
201310
201430
201540
201650
201730
201810
201910
202020
202110
202330
202420
202530
202630
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K003220, 2000–2026Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against?

FDA lists a 510(k) statement for it but has not posted the file, so its predicates are not known.

What descends from it? (45)

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1 later device cites it directly; ranked here by how many devices descend from each in turn.

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K060911CG-6108 Arrhythmia Ecg Event RecorderCard Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd.200644

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

What does this lineage say?

  • Of its descendants, K060911 (Card Guard Scientific Survival, Ltd., 2006) has gone furthest, with 44 descendants of its own.

How does its category compare?

All DXH devices

DXH Transmitters And Receivers, Electrocardiograph, Telephone: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · DXH

4in 2025

2007: 32008: 72009: 22010: 22012: 12013: 32014: 62015: 42016: 12017: 52018: 42019: 62020: 52021: 32022: 42023: 12025: 42026 (partial year): 1
2007high 7 (2008) · low 0 (2011)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · DXH

322in 2025

2007: 202 days median2008: 41 days median2013: 206 days median2014: 186 days median2015: 142 days median2017: 150 days median2018: 294 days median2019: 177 days median2020: 141 days median2021: 107 days median2022: 150 days median2025: 322 days median
2007high 322 (2025) · low 41 (2008)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · DXH

1in 2015

2008: 42011: 32015: 12026 (partial year): 1
2007high 4 (2008) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · DXH

27in 2025

2009: 12010: 42011: 12012: 12013: 12014: 12016: 52017: 42020: 52021: 22022: 62023: 42024: 22025: 27
2007high 27 (2025) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code DXH, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
2007320200
200874140
20092—01
20102—04
20110—31
20121—01
2013320601
2014618601
2015414210
20161—05
2017515004
2018429400
2019617700
2020514105
2021310702
2022415006
20231—04
20240—02
20254322027
20261—1—
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510(k) Report. “K003220: Personal Ecg Transmitter, Model CG-6550.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K003220

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  • Lineage and recalls computed Nov 3, 2026
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026