510(k) · Cleared
ClearedScalpelCric
Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly
VBM Medizintechnik GmbH · BWC Needle, Emergency Airway
Cleared on Oct 30, 2020 as substantially equivalent to K160200 (Cook Incorporated, 2017) after a 277-day review. Its family tree reaches back 2 generations to 2001.
- Decided
- Oct 30, 2020
- Review
- 277 days
- Class
- Class II
- Product code
- BWC
- Recalls
- None
- Predicates
- 1
Its longest line of descent runs back 2 generations to K010016 (2001). No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
View FIG. 1 as a table
Line of descent and top descendants
Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), the FDA summary (predicates and indications), FDA recall and enforcement reports, and MAUDE; processed by 510(k) Report. Verify on FDA.gov · Methodology and accuracy.
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- Candidate predicates for a device like this, rankedin the report
- Recall history across each candidate’s familyin the report
What was it cleared against? (1)
Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.
What descends from it?
No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.
Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)
No FDA recall names this device.
No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.
What does this lineage say?
- The line of descent spans 19 years and passes through 3 companies; a new generation was cleared every 15.4 years on median.
- 2 of the 2 ancestors have a recall of any class.
How does its category compare?
All BWC devicesBWC Needle, Emergency Airway: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years. 2020, this device’s year, is highlighted.
FDA decisions per year · BWC
1in 2020
2026 to Oct 25, outlined.
Median 510(k) review, days · BWC
Too few BWC 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.
Recalls per year · BWC
1in 2019
Class I (1 since 2007) Class II/III not classified
Adverse event reports per year · BWC
1in 2024
MAUDE reports naming product code BWC, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.
View these four charts as a table
| Year | Decisions | Median 510(k) review, days | Recalls (Class I) | MAUDE reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | — | 0 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | — | 1 (1) | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
What is it indicated for?
Emergency airway access via the cricothyroid membrane. Life-threatening dyspnoea that cannot be controlled in any other way.
Indications for use as stated in the FDA summary.
https://510kreport.com/device/K200190 · printed Nov 6, 2026
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510(k) Report. “K200190: ScalpelCric.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K200190
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Record history
- FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
- Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
- Lineage and recalls computed Nov 3, 2026
- Page last updated Nov 3, 2026