# K052311: Vitek 2 Gram Negative Tigecycline

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: bioMerieux, Inc.
- Decided: Sep 29, 2005 after 36 days
- Product code: LON (System, Test, Automated, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Short Incubation)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 866.1645
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 2 generations back to K032788 (2003). 2 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 3 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K041982: Vitek 2 Gram Negative Ertapenem, bioMerieux, Inc. (2004) Summary page 1.

## Indications for use
VITEK®2 Gram Negative Tigecycline is intended for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter cloacae, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, Klebsiella pneumnoniae, Citrobacter koseri, Enterobacter aerogenes, and Serratia marcescens. VITEK 2 Gram Negative Tigecycline is a qualitative test. It is intended for use with the VITEK 2 Systems as a laboratory aid in the determination of in vitro susceptibility to antimicrobial agents. The VITEK® 2 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test (AST) is intended to be used with the VITEK® 2 and VITEK® 2 Compact Systems for the automated quantitative or qualitative susceptibility testing of isolated colonies for the most clinically significant aerobic gram-negative bacilli and Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcusspp., Streptococcus agalactiac, and S. pneumnoniae.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K052311
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology