# K042609: Hospira Mednet Medication Management Suite

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Hospira, Inc.
- Decided: Oct 6, 2004 after 12 days
- Product code: FRN (Pump, Infusion)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 880.5725
- Recalls of this device: 1 (0 Class I)
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 3 generations back to K904518 (1990). 10 ancestors in all.
4 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
4 of 15 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K042081: Plum a+ Infusion System with Hospira Mednet Software , and Plum a+3 Infusion System with Hospira Mednet Software, Hospira, Inc. (2004) Summary page 1.
- K030459: Medley System with Medication Management System (MMS), Alaris Medical Systems, Inc. (2003) Summary page 1.
- K011975: Horizon Outlook with Dosecom, B.Braun Medical, Inc. (2001) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K141102: Hospira Mednet Medication Management Suite (2014), 3 descendants of its own
- K223606: LifeShield™ Infusion Safety Software Suite (2023), 2 descendants of its own
- K242117: LifeShield Infusion Safety Software Suite (2025), 1 descendant of its own
- K252130: LifeShield Infusion Safety Software Suite (2026), 0 descendants of its own

## Recalls of this device
- Jun 6, 2014 · Class II · Z-2027-2014: Hospira MedNet 5.5, 5.8.1, and 5.8.2 contains software defect where the dosing units of "nanog/kg/min" and "milliUnits/min" are not sent to a Plum A+ device (Version 13.40, 13.41, and 13.4.2) via Auto

## Indications for use
The Hospira MedNet TM Medication Management Suite (MMS) is intended to facilitate networked communication between MMS compatible computer systems and Hospira infusion pumps. The MMS provides trained healthcare professionals with the capability to send, receive, report, and store information from interfaced external systems, and to configure and edit infusion programming parameters. The MMS is intended to provide a way to automate the programming of infusion parameters, thereby decreasing the amount of manual steps necessary to enter infusion data. All data entry and validation of infusion parameters is performed by a trained healthcare professional according to physician's orders.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K042609
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology