# K190240: Tiger Sharps Containers

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: International Marketing Specialists, Inc.
- Decided: May 31, 2019 after 114 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 K132767 (2014). 2 ancestors in all.
5 later devices descend from it; 4 cite it directly.
0 of 8 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K143693: Medline Sharps Containers, Medline Industries, Inc. (2015) Summary page 6.

## Most influential descendants
- K211464: Nitta M&T Safety Box (2021), 2 descendants of its own
- K222905: Maxcon Sharps Container (1 QT Sharps Container, MA1112), Maxcon Sharps Container (5.4 QT Sharps Container, MA1212), Maxcon Sharps Container (5.4 QT Sharps Container, MA1213), Maxcon Sharps Container (7 Liter Sharps Container, MA1324) (2023), 1 descendant of its own
- K253222: Gongdong Sharps Container (SCR-01Q, SCR-01G, SCR-03G) (2025), 0 descendants of its own
- K211890: Promisemed Sharps container (2021), 0 descendants of its own
- K201523: Sharps container (2020), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Tiger Sharps Containers are intended to provide a receptacle for used, contaminated medical sharps and act as an enclosure during transport to ultimate disposal. The Containers are single-use, disposable, non-sterile containers intended to be used for health-care purposes for safe disposal of hazardous sharps such as hypodermic needles, syringes, lancets and blood needles. The target population is for qualified personnel in health care facilities and other facilities in which medical sharps may be used. All device models are not for use in areas with unsupervised patient access. All device models only be used with appropriate mounting accessories.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K190240
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology