# K955822: Removable Herbst Appliance

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Univ. Dental Assoc. Department of Orthodontics
- Decided: Mar 20, 1996 after 85 days
- Product code: LRK (Device, Anti-Snoring)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 872.5570
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
12 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 13 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. FDA lists a 510(k) statement for it but has not posted the file, so its predicates are not known.

## Most influential descendants
- K023836: The Suad Device (2003), 11 descendants of its own
- K131138: Respire Pink Series - Herbst (2013), 7 descendants of its own
- K150572: Respire Pink Series-Herbst-EF (2015), 5 descendants of its own
- K170692: Respire Pink Series with DentiTrac (2017), 2 descendants of its own
- K192127: Respire Pink AT (Hard, Hard/Soft, EF) (2020), 1 descendant of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K955822
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology