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LifeSPARC System

K211830510(k) TraditionalCleared Nov 15, 2022519-day reviewClass II21 CFR 870.4100

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Cardiacassist, Inc. · QNR Blood Pump For Ecmo, Long-Term (> 6 Hours) Use

Cleared on Nov 15, 2022 after a 519-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number. 1 later device descends from it.

Decided
Nov 15, 2022
Review
519 days
Class
Class II
Product code
QNR
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

1 later device descends from it, 1 citing it directly.

  1. This deviceK211830 LifeSPARC SystemCardiacassist, Inc. · 2022
  2. Descendant · cites it directly · 0 of its ownK233736 LifeSPARC SystemCardiacassist, Inc. · 2024

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  • K233736LifeSPARC SystemCardiacassist, Inc. · 2024 · cites it directly0descendants
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
0 (this device)K211830LifeSPARC SystemCardiacassist, Inc.2022—
+1K233736LifeSPARC SystemCardiacassist, Inc.2024—

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
202410
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K211830, 2022–2024Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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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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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.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*—FDA Final Order, 81 FR 7451, Feb. 12, 2016
Named without a submission number
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†K202751TandemHeart Pump and Escort ControllerCardiacassist, Inc.2021—
†K183623LifeSPARC Pump, LifeSPARC ControllerCardiacassist, Inc.2019Class I

What descends from it? (1)

1 later device cites it directly; ranked here by how many devices descend from each in turn.

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K233736LifeSPARC SystemCardiacassist, Inc.20240

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?

  • Of its descendants, K233736 (Cardiacassist, Inc., 2024) has gone furthest, with 0 descendants of its own.

How does its category compare?

All QNR devices

QNR Blood Pump For Ecmo, Long-Term (> 6 Hours) Use: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years. 2022, this device’s year, is highlighted.

FDA decisions per year · QNR

1in 2025

2021: 12022: 22023: 22024: 22025: 1
2007high 2 (2022) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · QNR

Too few QNR 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.

Recalls per year · QNR

1in 2025

2025: 1
2007high 1 (2025) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · QNR

187in 2025

2021: 12023: 52024: 1352025: 187
2007high 187 (2025) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code QNR, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

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YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
20070—00
20080—00
20090—00
20100—00
20110—00
20120—00
20130—00
20140—00
20150—00
20160—00
20170—00
20180—00
20190—00
20200—00
20211—01
20222—00
20232—05
20242—0135
20251—1187
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The LifeSPARC System is a centrifugal blood pump system intended to assist in circulation of the patient’s blood when part of an extracorporeal circuit including physiologic gas exchange of the patient’s blood in adult patients with acute respiratory failure or acute cardiopulmonary failure, where other available treatment options have failed, and continued clinical deterioration is expected or the risk of death is imminent. These may include:

• Failure to wean from cardiopulmonary bypass following cardiac surgery in adult patients

• ECMO-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adult

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K211830: LifeSPARC System.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K211830

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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