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Cleared

General Purpose Flex Coil

K944469510(k) TraditionalCleared Jan 25, 1995138-day reviewClass II21 CFR 892.1000

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

Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc. · LNH System, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Cleared on Jan 25, 1995 after a 138-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known. 2 later devices descend from it.

Decided
Jan 25, 1995
Review
138 days
Class
Class II
Product code
LNH
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

2 later devices descend from it, 2 citing it directly.

Descendants, by year cleared 1997: 2 descendants cleared1995200020052010201520202025
  1. This deviceK944469 General Purpose Flex CoilPhilips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc. · 1995
  2. Descendant · cites it directly · 0 of its ownK972340 Insight 7000 Phased Array Torso CoilUsa Instruments, Inc. · 1997
  3. Descendant · cites it directly · 0 of its ownK964820 Maxim 7000 Quadrature Extremity Coil Model Number Qec-Gem-15AUs Asia Instruments, Inc. · 1997

Most influential descendants

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  • K972340Insight 7000 Phased Array Torso CoilUsa Instruments, Inc. · 1997 · cites it directly0descendants
  • K964820Maxim 7000 Quadrature Extremity Coil Model Number Qec-Gem-15AUs Asia Instruments, Inc. · 1997 · cites it directly0descendants
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
0 (this device)K944469General Purpose Flex CoilPhilips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc.1995—
+1K972340Insight 7000 Phased Array Torso CoilUsa Instruments, Inc.1997—
+1K964820Maxim 7000 Quadrature Extremity Coil Model Number Qec-Gem-15AUs Asia Instruments, Inc.1997—

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
199720
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K944469, 1995–1997Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), FDA recall and enforcement reports, and MAUDE; processed by 510(k) Report. Verify on FDA.gov · Methodology and accuracy.

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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? (2)

2 later devices cite it directly; ranked here by how many devices descend from each in turn.

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K972340Insight 7000 Phased Array Torso CoilUsa Instruments, Inc.19970
K964820Maxim 7000 Quadrature Extremity Coil Model Number Qec-Gem-15AUs Asia Instruments, Inc.19970

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.

What does this lineage say?

  • Of its descendants, K972340 (Usa Instruments, Inc., 1997) has gone furthest, with 0 descendants of its own.

How does its category compare?

All LNH devices

LNH System, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · LNH

26in 2025

2007: 122008: 192009: 172010: 122011: 162012: 222013: 192014: 172015: 192016: 202017: 182018: 292019: 262020: 322021: 272022: 302023: 302024: 262025: 262026 (partial year): 24
2007high 32 (2020) · low 12 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · LNH

122in 2025

2007: 35 days median2008: 53 days median2009: 70 days median2010: 94 days median2011: 81 days median2012: 89 days median2013: 108 days median2014: 108 days median2015: 140 days median2016: 108 days median2017: 98 days median2018: 128 days median2019: 62 days median2020: 121 days median2021: 87 days median2022: 74 days median2023: 124 days median2024: 104 days median2025: 122 days median2026 (partial year): 126 days median
2007high 140 (2015) · low 35 (2007)2026

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

Recalls per year · LNH

8in 2025

2007: 252008: 122009: 72010: 172011: 112012: 52013: 22014: 132015: 12, 2 Class I2016: 12018: 712019: 52020: 42021: 412022: 132023: 10, 1 Class I2024: 42025: 8, 5 Class I2026 (partial year): 43
2007high 71 (2018) · low 0 (2017)2026

Class I (8 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · LNH

1,263in 2025

2007: 1142008: 1672009: 1942010: 1652011: 1822012: 1702013: 1072014: 1192015: 1132016: 1352017: 1212018: 1582019: 1582020: 982021: 842022: 1382023: 1592024: 2812025: 1,263
2007high 1,263 (2025) · low 84 (2021)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code LNH, 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
2007123525114
2008195312167
200917707194
2010129417165
2011168111182
201222895170
2013191082107
20141710813119
20151914012 (2)113
2016201081135
201718980121
20182912871158
201926625158
202032121498
202127874184
2022307413138
20233012410 (1)159
2024261044281
2025261228 (5)1,263
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510(k) Report. “K944469: General Purpose Flex Coil.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K944469

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