# K003839: Central Venous Catheter

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Corp
- Decided: Aug 1, 2001 after 232 days
- Product code: LJS (Catheter, Intravascular, Therapeutic, Long-Term Greater Than 30 Days)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 880.5970
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
27 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
1 of 28 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

## Most influential descendants
- K101326: NMI IC (2010), 26 descendants of its own
- K121089: Nmi Picc Iii (2012), 23 descendants of its own
- K111906: Xcela Hybrid Picc with Pasv Valve Technology (2011), 14 descendants of its own
- K122882: Nmi Hpicc Iii (2012), 12 descendants of its own
- K131942: Nmi Picc Iii Catheter, Nmi Hpicc Iii Catheter (2013), 7 descendants of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K003839
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology