# K233692: Voluson Signature 20, Voluson Signature 18

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: GE Medical Systems Ultrasound and Primary Care Diagnostics
- Decided: Mar 7, 2024 after 111 days
- Product code: IYN (System, Imaging, Pulsed Doppler, Ultrasonic)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 892.1550
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 23 generations back to K935595 (1995). 134 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 135 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K213642: Voluson S6, Voluson S8, Voluson S8t, Voluson S10, Voluson S10 Expert, GE Healthcare (2022) Summary page 7.

## Indications for use
Voluson Signature 18 / Voluson Signature 20 system are a general-purpose diagnostic ultrasound system intended for use by a qualified and trained healthcare professional that are legally authorized or licensed by law in the country, state or other local municipality in which he or she practices for ultrasound imaging, measurement, display and analysis of the human body and fluid. The users may or may not be working under supervision or authority of a physician. Voluson Signature 18 / Voluson Signature 20 system clinical applications include: Fetal/Obstetrics; Abdominal (including Renal and Gynecology/ Pelvic); Pediatric; Small Organ (Breast, Testes, Thyroid, etc.); Neonatal Cephalic; Adult Cephalic; Cardiac (Adult and Pediatric); Peripheral Vascular (PV); Musculo-skeletal Conventional and Superficial; Transrectal (including Urology/Prostate) (TR); Transvaginal (TV). Mode of operation include: B, M, AMM, PW Doppler, CW Doppler, Color Doppler, Color M Doppler, Power Doppler, Tissue Doppler, HD-Flow, Harmonic Imaging, Coded Pulse, 3D/4D Imaging mode, Elastography, Shearwave Elastography, B-Flow, Contrast and Combined modes: B/M, B/Color, B/PWD, B/Power/PWD. The Voluson Signature 18 / Voluson Signature 20 system are intended to be used in a hospital or medical clinic.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K233692
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology