# K092218: Flexicare Breathing Filters

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Flexicare Medical, Ltd.
- Decided: Oct 6, 2009 after 76 days
- Product code: CAH (Filter, Bacterial, Breathing-Circuit)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 868.5260
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 1 device in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

## Indications for use
For use with ventilators, anaesthesia machines and open flow systems where filtration of inspired and expired gases is required. The filter may be located at the machine end of expiratory and/or inspiratory limb of the circuit or at the patient end of the circuit Single patient use up to 24 hours.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K092218
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology