# K961768: Kodak Digital Science Film Digitizer L7501/L7506 (with Film Autofeeder)

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Kodak Health Imaging Systems, Inc.
- Decided: Aug 22, 1996 after 106 days
- Product code: LMA (Digitizer, Image, Radiological)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 892.2030
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K915362 (1992). 1 ancestor in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 3 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K915362: Vortech's Film Digitizer, FD-1, Vortech Data, Inc. (1992) Summary page 2.
- (no number) KODAK Film Digitizer (“FD”): named in the summary without a submission number

## Most influential descendants
- K971894: Kodak Digital Science - Dental Scanning System (1997), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The KDS FD is designed to allow operators and physicians greater access to images by transmitting them electronically over networks instead of physically sending films. The system allows for much quicker consultations with experts in distant facilities. Also, archiving electronically for faster image recall and assembly of historical studies can be accomplished with ease. The KDS FD is a DICOM conformant digitization product designed for use within a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K961768
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology