510(k) · Cleared
Recalled · Class II · 2025VitalFlow Console
Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly
Medtronic, Inc. · QNR Blood Pump For Ecmo, Long-Term (> 6 Hours) Use
Cleared on May 20, 2025 as substantially equivalent to K230364 (Michigan Critical Care Consultants, Inc. (D.B.A Mc3 Inc.), 2023) after a 117-day review. Its family tree reaches back 2 generations to 2021. It has been recalled once.
- Decided
- May 20, 2025
- Review
- 117 days
- Class
- Class II
- Product code
- QNR
- Recalls
- 1
- Predicates
- 1
Its longest line of descent runs back 2 generations to K202751 (2021). No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
View FIG. 1 as a table
Line of descent and top descendants
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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Top candidate predicates for a new QNR device
- #1 K234118 CentriMag™ Acute Circulatory Support Systemscore 9.1 · 9 generations · no Class I recall
- #2 Held for the reportin the report
- #3 Held for the reportin the report
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.
| Type | Number | Device | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
| * | K230364 | VitalFlow™ ConsoleSummary page 5…n: Class II (with special controls) Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.4100 Product Code: QNR Name of Predicate Device: VitalFlow Console (K230364, cleared August 25, 2023) Device Description The VitalFlow Console provides control of blood pumping through an e… | 2023 |
What descends from it?
No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.
Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)
Recalls of this device
| Date | Class | Recall | Root cause | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2025 | Class II | Z-0509-2026 | Software in the Use Environment | As of August 6, 2025, Medtronic has received eleven reports of VitalFlow Consoles displaying an E70 error code during normal operation. When this occurs, the touch screen may become temporarily unresponsive and go blank for up to two… |
No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.
What does this lineage say?
- The line of descent spans 4 years and passes through 3 companies; a new generation was cleared every 2.4 years on median.
- 1 of the 2 ancestors has a recall of any class.
How does its category compare?
All QNR devicesQNR Blood Pump For Ecmo, Long-Term (> 6 Hours) Use: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years. 2025, this device’s year, is highlighted.
FDA decisions per year · QNR
1in 2025
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
Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified
Adverse event reports per year · QNR
187in 2025
MAUDE reports naming product code QNR, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.
View these four charts as a table
| Year | Decisions | Median 510(k) review, days | Recalls (Class I) | MAUDE reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | — | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | — | 0 | 135 |
| 2025 | 1 | — | 1 | 187 |
| 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
What is it indicated for?
The VitalFlow Console controls the speed of the VitalFlow Centrifugal blood pump during extracorporeal cardiopulmonary life support for 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. The VitalFlow Centrifugal pump is driven by the VitalFlow Motor Drive or the VitalFlow Emergency Handcrank
Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.
https://510kreport.com/device/K250199 · printed Nov 6, 2026
Cite this page
510(k) Report. “K250199: VitalFlow Console.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K250199
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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