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Kontron Sigma 44 HVCD Ultrasound Imaging System

K896437510(k) TraditionalCleared Dec 3, 1990389-day reviewClass II21 CFR 870.2120

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Kontron Instruments, Inc. · DPT Probe, Blood-Flow, Extravascular

Cleared on Dec 3, 1990 after a 389-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

Decided
Dec 3, 1990
Review
389 days
Class
Class II
Product code
DPT
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K896437Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against?

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

How does its category compare?

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DPT Probe, Blood-Flow, Extravascular: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · DPT

1in 2024

2007: 32009: 12012: 22013: 32014: 32015: 12016: 12017: 12024: 1
2007high 3 (2007) · low 0 (2008)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · DPT

201in 2014

2007: 55 days median2013: 108 days median2014: 201 days median
2007high 201 (2014) · low 55 (2007)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · DPT

22in 2024

2024: 22
2007high 22 (2024) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · DPT

52in 2025

2007: 52008: 12009: 32010: 32011: 32012: 12014: 52018: 32019: 12020: 32021: 132022: 462023: 212024: 1692025: 52
2007high 169 (2024) · low 0 (2013)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code DPT, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
200735505
20080—01
20091—03
20100—03
20110—03
20122—01
2013310800
2014320105
20151—00
20161—00
20171—00
20180—03
20190—01
20200—03
20210—013
20220—046
20230—021
20241—22169
20250—052
20260—0—
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510(k) Report. “K896437: Kontron Sigma 44 HVCD Ultrasound Imaging System.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K896437

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