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Cleared

EOCD

K041568510(k) AbbreviatedCleared Jul 21, 200441-day reviewClass II21 CFR 868.5905

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

Respironics, Inc. · NFB Conserver, Oxygen

Cleared on Jul 21, 2004 as substantially equivalent to K020329 (Sunrise Medical Hhg, Inc., 2002) after a 41-day review. Its family tree reaches back 2 generations to 1996.

Decided
Jul 21, 2004
Review
41 days
Class
Class II
Product code
NFB
Recalls
None
Predicates
1

Its longest line of descent runs back 2 generations to K961126 (1996). No later device cites it as a predicate yet.

  1. Root · 2 generations backK961126 Pulse Dose SeriesDevilbiss Health Care, Inc. · 1996
  2. 1 generation backK020329 Devilbiss PD1000Sunrise Medical Hhg, Inc. · 2002 · Recalled
  3. This deviceK041568 EOCDRespironics, Inc. · 2004
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
−2K961126Pulse Dose SeriesDevilbiss Health Care, Inc.1996—
−1K020329Devilbiss PD1000Sunrise Medical Hhg, Inc.20022
0 (this device)K041568EOCDRespironics, Inc.2004—
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K041568, 1996–2004Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against? (1)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*K020329Devilbiss PD1000
Summary page 1
…Conserving Device (EOCD) Classification Name Noncontinuous ventilator (IPPB). Predicate Devices DeVilbiss Model PD 1000(K020329) Device Description The EOCD is a pulse dose delivery device for medical-grade oxygen from portable high-pressure oxygen cyl…
Sunrise Medical Hhg, Inc.20022

Also cleared against K020329: 2 other devices →

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

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?

  • The line of descent spans 8 years and passes through 3 companies; a new generation was cleared every 5.7 years on median.
  • 1 of the 2 ancestors has a recall of any class.
  • 2 other devices also cite its predicate K020329.

How does its category compare?

All NFB devices

NFB Conserver, Oxygen: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · NFB

1in 2025

2007: 12009: 12010: 12011: 12013: 12016: 12020: 12022: 22025: 1
2007high 2 (2022) · low 0 (2008)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · NFB

Too few NFB 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.

Recalls per year · NFB

3in 2007

2007: 3
2007high 3 (2007) · low 0 (2008)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · NFB

8in 2025

2007: 32011: 12012: 32013: 52014: 22015: 42017: 92020: 32021: 22022: 12023: 42024: 12025: 8
2007high 9 (2017) · low 0 (2008)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code NFB, 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
20071—33
20080—00
20091—00
20101—00
20111—01
20120—03
20131—05
20140—02
20150—04
20161—00
20170—09
20180—00
20190—00
20201—03
20210—02
20222—01
20230—04
20240—01
20251—08
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The EOCD is intended as a pulse dose delivery device for medical-grade oxygen from

portable high-pressure oxygen cylinders. Adult patients requiring supplemental oxygen

and using ambulatory oxygen can use the EOCD to extend the use time of a fixed

volume oxygen source.

This device does not provide alarms and is not intended as life support.

Indications for use as stated in the FDA summary.

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510(k) Report. “K041568: EOCD.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K041568

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Lineage and recalls computed Nov 3, 2026
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026