# K072900: Excelarrest  Foam

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Hemostasis, LLC
- Decided: Oct 26, 2007 after 15 days
- Product code: QSY (Hemostatic Wound Dressing Without Thrombin Or Other Biologics)
- Device class: U
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 5 generations back to K896068 (1990). 28 ancestors in all.
19 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 48 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K070211: Traumarrest and Bleedarrest Hemostatic Particles and Foam, Hemostasis, LLC (2007) Summary page 5.
- K050511: Thrombigel Thrombin/Gelatin Foam Hemostat, Vascular Solutions, Inc. (2005) Summary page 5.

## Cited in the summary but kept off the family tree
- K030394: Fluid Sample Retrieval System, Biomed Personal Metabolic and Nutritional Testing (2003). Our reading of the summary gave K030394, FDA’s number for Fluid Sample Retrieval System (Biomed Personal Metabolic and Nutritional Testing). Its FDA name has none of the distinctive words the summary uses for the device it names, “Hemcon bandage”. Kept off the family tree. Summary page 5.

## Most influential descendants
- K080818: Hemcon Bandage, Hemcon Bandage Otc, Hemcon Chitoflex-Surgical Dressing (2008), 11 descendants of its own
- K120958: Posisep and Posisep X Hemostat Dressings (2012), 6 descendants of its own
- K090620: Quikclot Inteventional, Model P/N 182 (2009), 5 descendants of its own
- K150916: HemCon Bandage PRO, HemCon Patch PRO, HemCon Strip PRO, HemCon Strip First Aid PRO, ChitoFlex PRO (2015), 3 descendants of its own
- K141704: Novashield Injectable Nasal Packing and Stent (2014), 2 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Hemostasis, LLC wound dressings are intended for use as topical dressings for the management of bleeding wounds. Prescription: ExcelArrestM is indicated for use as a topical dressing for the temporary treatment of moderate to severely bleeding wounds such as surgical wounds (post-operative, donor sites, dermatological), cuts and lacerations and is also indicated for control of bleeding from the skin at percutaneous needle access, vascular access and percutaneous catheter access sites. OTC: ExcelArrestTM is indicated for use as a topical dressing on minor bleeding wounds such as cuts, lacerations and abrasions and for minor nose bleeds.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K072900
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology