# K171242: Alma LipoFlow System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Alma Lasers, Inc.
- Decided: Jul 14, 2017 after 78 days
- Product code: MUU (System, Suction, Lipoplasty)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.5040
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 10 generations back to K910696 (1991). 40 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 41 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K150779: LipoFilter - Hospital Pack, LipoFilter - Clinic Pack, Microaire Surgical Instruments, LLC (2015) Summary page 4.
- K113128: Microaire Surgical Instruments LLC, Microaire Surgical Instruments, LLC (2012) Summary page 4.

## Indications for use
The Alma LipoFlow System is used in the aspiration, harvesting, filtering and transferring of autologous adipose tissue and infiltration for aesthetic body contouring. If the harvested fat is to be re-implanted, the harvested fat is only to be used without any additional manipulation.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K171242
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology