# K242976: Medical Wire Fecal Transwab Liquid Cary Blair Medium Collection and Transport Device

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Medical Wire & Equipment Company (Bath), Ltd.
- Decided: Nov 26, 2025 after 426 days
- Product code: JSM (Culture Media, Non-Propagating Transport)
- Device class: 1
- Regulation: 21 CFR 866.2390
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 2 generations back to K946286 (1995). 2 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 3 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K142094: Copan Fecalswab Collection, Transport and Preservation System, Copan Italia Spa (2015) Summary page 8.

## Indications for use
The Medical Wire Fecal Transwab Liquid Cary Blair Medium Collection and Transport Device is intended to preserve the viability and infectivity of fecal specimens after their collection and during transport from the collection site to the testing laboratory. The product can be used to collect stool specimen directly from the patient, using the swab as a rectal swab. Alternatively, the swab can be used to take material from a previously collected stool specimen. Fecal Transwab® specimens are processed using standard clinical laboratory operating procedures for microbiological specimens.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K242976
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology