# K120846: Transport Culture Medium Device

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Puritan Medical Products, LLC
- Decided: Jun 8, 2012 after 80 days
- Product code: LIO (Device, Specimen Collection)
- Device class: 1
- Regulation: 21 CFR 866.2900
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 3 generations back to K854986 (1986). 5 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 7 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K061301: Copan Liquid Amies Elution Swab (Eswab) Collection and Transport System, Copan Diagnostics, Inc. (2006) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K222613: ARX Liquid Amies Collection & Transport System (2024), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Puritan® Liquid Amies Collection and Transport System is intended for use in the collection and transport of clinical specimens containing aerobic, anaerobic and fastidious bacteria from the patient to the laboratory for bacteriological examination and culture.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K120846
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology