# K242750: Central Station

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions, LLC
- Decided: Jun 5, 2025 after 266 days
- Product code: MSX (System, Network And Communication, Physiological Monitors)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.2300
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 31 generations back to K941811 (1994). 193 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 195 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K223567: CNS-2101 Central Monitor, Nihon Kohden Corporation (2023) Summary page 5.

## Most influential descendants
- K260211: Dashboard (P007000) (2026), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Central Station is a network device, intended to display, record and print monitored physiological data from Nihon Kohden bedside monitors, telemetry receiver and/or transmitters. Central Station does not perform any data processing on the data received from the Nihon Kohden compatible devices. When Central Station is connected with the Nihon Kohden bedside monitors and telemetry receivers/transmitters the Central Station can: » Admit and discharge patients on the Nihon Kohden network. * Display and manage compatible devices’ real-time patient clinical data, vital signs, alarms and waveforms. * Review and trend data calculated by connected Nihon Kohden devices. » Store and transfer historical clinical data for the connected systems. * Print patient data. Central Station is intended for use in professional medical facilities by trained medical personnel.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K242750
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology