# K042771: GE Datex-Ohmeda S/5 Network and Icentral '03, Sales Revision 3.3

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Datex-Ohmeda
- Decided: Oct 15, 2004 after 10 days
- Product code: MSX (System, Network And Communication, Physiological Monitors)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.2300
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 4 generations back to K000647 (2000). 4 ancestors in all.
6 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 11 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K033281: Datex Ohmeda S/5 Network and Central (Icentral) '03 with L-NET03 Software, Datex-Ohmeda (2003) Summary page 2.

## Most influential descendants
- K052972: Datex-Ohmeda Network and Icentral '05, Sales Revision 4.3 (2005), 5 descendants of its own
- K071097: Navigator Applications Suite (2007), 4 descendants of its own
- K081941: Navigator Applications Suite (2008), 3 descendants of its own
- K083098: Navigator Applications Suite (2009), 2 descendants of its own
- K102389: Navigator Applications Suite (2011), 1 descendant of its own

## Indications for use
The GE Datex-Ohmeda S/5 TM Network and Central transfers information between networked Datex-Ohmeda devices in the Datex-Ohmeda monitor network. It also allows information transfer between several iCentrals. Within one Datex-Ohmeda monitor network it allows a networked device to display, store, print and otherwise process information received from other networked devices. The GE Datex-Ohmeda S/5TM iCentral maintains the network connections between the Datex-Ohmeda bedside monitors and other networked devices in GE Datex-Ohmeda monitor network. Network connections consist of hardwired network cables and/or Wireless LAN (WLAN) connections. Furthermore, it coordinates the transfer of information between devices in the GE Datex-Ohmeda S/5 TM Network as well as between the GE Datex-Ohmeda Network and Hospital Information Systems (HIS). The GE Datex-Ohmeda S/5TM iCentral can be used for remote monitor management, storing, printing, viewing, reviewing or otherwise processing of information from several bedside monitors or other networked devices. The GE Datex-Ohmeda S/5 TM Network will be used for patients in the hospital and it is meant for continuous use. The device is for use by qualified personnel only.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K042771
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology