# K140813: Reprocessed Kendall SCD Express Compression Sleeves

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Covidien
- Decided: Jul 15, 2014 after 105 days
- Product code: JOW (Sleeve, Limb, Compressible)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.5800
- 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 K781357 (1978). 2 ancestors in all.
2 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 5 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K051805: Kendall SCD Sleeves (Extra Large Knee, Extra Large Thigh), Kendall SCD Lexpres Sleeves (Extra Large Knee, Extra Large, Tyco Healthcare/Kendall (2005) Summary page 1.
- K781357: T.E.D. Sequential Compression Sleeves, Kendall Research Center (1978) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K161105: Reprocessed Compression Garments (2016), 1 descendant of its own
- K163620: Reprocessed Kendall SCD Express Compression Sleeves, Reprocessed Kendall SCD Comfort Compression Sleeves (2017), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Reprocessed Compression Garments are intended to be used with an intermittent pneumatic device to increase venous blood flow in at risk patients in order to help prevent deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. The Reprocessed Compression Garments are intended to be used with an intermittent pneumatic device to increase venous blood flow in at risk patients, including bariatric and morbidly obese patients, in order to help prevent deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K140813
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology