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Rusch Enteral Feeding Tube

K963779510(k) TraditionalCleared May 23, 1997245-day reviewClass II21 CFR 876.5980

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

Rusch, Inc. · FPD Tube, Feeding

Cleared on May 23, 1997 after a 245-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
May 23, 1997
Review
245 days
Class
Class II
Product code
FPD
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K963779Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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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.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*—Entech Enteral Feeding Tube
Named without a submission number
—

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?

All FPD devices

FPD Tube, Feeding: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · FPD

1in 2024

2007: 12008: 42009: 42010: 42011: 22012: 12013: 22019: 12024: 1
2007high 4 (2008) · low 0 (2014)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · FPD

118in 2010

2008: 76 days median2009: 69 days median2010: 118 days median
2007high 118 (2010) · low 69 (2009)2026

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

Recalls per year · FPD

1in 2019

2015: 12018: 32019: 1
2007high 3 (2018) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · FPD

10in 2025

2007: 192008: 242009: 402010: 212011: 152012: 322013: 382014: 642015: 552016: 1022017: 342018: 302019: 192020: 312021: 242022: 192023: 552024: 412025: 10
2007high 102 (2016) · low 10 (2025)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code FPD, 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
20071—019
2008476024
2009469040
20104118021
20112—015
20121—032
20132—038
20140—064
20150—155
20160—0102
20170—034
20180—330
20191—119
20200—031
20210—024
20220—019
20230—055
20241—041
20250—010
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The Device is intended for introduction into the Naris (Nostril) and is is used in the introduction of various commercial or compounded enteral diets to appropriate sites along the Ailimentary tract of the patient.

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K963779: Rusch Enteral Feeding Tube.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K963779

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026