# K090439: FORUM

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
- Decided: Mar 25, 2009 after 33 days
- Product code: NFJ (System, Image Management, Ophthalmic)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 892.2050
- 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 K896095 (1990). 8 ancestors in all.
32 later devices descend from it; 5 cite it directly.
0 of 41 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K013694: Nidek Advanced Vision Information System (Navis), Nidek, Inc. (2002) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K122938: Forum Forum Archive Forum Archive & Viewer Forum Assist Match (2012), 25 descendants of its own
- K132667: Synergy Odm (2013), 9 descendants of its own
- K151952: Synergy ODM (2015), 8 descendants of its own
- K182376: Harmony (2018), 4 descendants of its own
- K113696: Optos Advance (2012), 4 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
FORUM is a software system application intended for use in storing, managing, and displaying patient data, diagnostic data, videos and images from computerized diagnostic instruments or video documentation systems through networks.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K090439
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology