# K232249: PENTAX Medical Gas/Water Feeding Valve OE-B14

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Pentax of America, Inc.
- Decided: Dec 1, 2023 after 126 days
- Product code: ODC (Endoscope Channel Accessory)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 876.1500
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 11 generations back to K931154 (1993). 37 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
3 of 38 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K190805: PENTAX Medical Video Processor EPK-i5500c, PENTAX Medical Video Upper GI Scope EG29-i10c, PENTAX Medical Video Colonoscope EC34-i10cL, PENTAX Medical Video Colonoscope EC38-i10cL, Pentax of America, Inc. (2019) Summary page 5.

## Indications for use
The Gas/Water Feeding Valve OE-B14 is intended to be attached in place of Air/Water Feeding Valve (OE-B12) to PENTAX Medical GI endoscopes and used to feed the gas/water to the body (via the air/water channel).

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K232249
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology