# K153363: Red2Green Reusable Sharps Container

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Triumvirate Environmental, Inc.
- Decided: Jul 26, 2016 after 249 days
- Product code: MMK (Container, Sharps)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 880.5570
- 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 K001337 (2000). 4 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 6 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K132007: Stericycle Sharps Management Service Reusable Sharps Container, 2 Gallon, Red, Stericycle Sharps Management Services Reu, Stericycle, Inc. (2013) Summary page 6.
- K950897: Biobox Traptop (Small, Medium, Large and X-Large), Biosystems (1995) Summary page 6.
- K950898: Biobox with Funnel Top (Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large), Biosystems (1995) Summary page 6.

## Most influential descendants
- K203305: Tiger Reusable Sharps Container (2021), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Red2Green Reusable Sharps Containers and accessories are intended to be used in healthcare facilities including nursing stations, medication carts, laboratories, dental offices, emergency rooms, surgical rooms, treatment rooms, emergency vehicles, veterinarian offices and other small quantity waste generators for the safe disposal, storage and transportation of hazardous sharps.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K153363
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology