# K170162: Vesco Medical Nasoenteric Feeding Tubes

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Vesco Medical, LLC
- Decided: Sep 26, 2017 after 251 days
- Product code: PIF (Gastrointestinal Tubes With Enteral Specific Connectors)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 876.5980
- 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 K831868 (1983). 4 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 5 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K112511: Dobbhoff Dual Port Feeding Tube, Covidien Lp, Formerly Registered AS Kendall (2012) Summary page 4.
- K992494: Flexiflo Enteral Feeding Tube, Ross Product Div. Abbott Laboratories (1999) Summary page 4.

## Indications for use
The Vesco Medical Nasoenteric Feeding Tubes (NE Tubes), with and without flow-through stylet, are for the administration of nutrition, fluids, and medications to the stomach or small bowel by the nasoenteric route in pediatric, adult or elderly patients who have an intact gastrointestinal tract but are physically unable to manage nutritional intake through normal mastication and deglutition. The Vesco Medical Nasoenteric Feeding Tubes have not been tested for use longer than short-term use (<30 days).

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K170162
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology