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Olympus Critical Care Monitoring System

K963935510(k) TraditionalCleared Jan 23, 1997114-day reviewClass II21 CFR 868.1150

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

Optical Sensors, Inc. · CCC Analyzer, Gas, Carbon-Dioxide, Partial Pressure, Blood-Phase, Indwelling

Cleared on Jan 23, 1997 as substantially equivalent to K951094 (Optical Sensors, Inc., 1996) after a 114-day review. Its family tree reaches back 1 generation to 1996. 2 later devices descend from it.

Decided
Jan 23, 1997
Review
114 days
Class
Class II
Product code
CCC
Recalls
None
Predicates
2

Its longest line of descent runs back 1 generation to K951094 (1996). 2 later devices descend from it, 1 citing it directly.

Descendants, by year cleared 2000: 1 descendant cleared2024: 1 descendant clearedK951094 · Point-of-Care Arterial Blood Gas Monitoring System · Optical Sensors, Inc. · 19961995200020052010201520202025
Descendants, by generation 1 generation forward: 1 descendant2 generations forward: 1 descendant K951094 · Point-of-Care Arterial Blood Gas Monitoring System · Optical Sensors, Inc. · 19960
  1. Root · 1 generation backK951094 Point-of-Care Arterial Blood Gas Monitoring SystemOptical Sensors, Inc. · 1996
  2. This deviceK963935 Olympus Critical Care Monitoring SystemOptical Sensors, Inc. · 1997
  3. Descendant · cites it directly · 1 of its ownK984579 Capno Probe aOptical Sensors, Inc. · 2000
  4. Descendant · 2 generations on · 0 of its ownK212425 MicroTrend SystemExostat Medical, Inc. · 2024

Most influential descendants

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  • K984579Capno Probe aOptical Sensors, Inc. · 2000 · cites it directly1descendant
  • K212425MicroTrend SystemExostat Medical, Inc. · 2024 · 2 generations on0descendants
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
−1K951094Point-of-Care Arterial Blood Gas Monitoring SystemOptical Sensors, Inc.1996—
0 (this device)K963935Olympus Critical Care Monitoring SystemOptical Sensors, Inc.1997—
+1K984579Capno Probe aOptical Sensors, Inc.2000—
+2K212425MicroTrend SystemExostat Medical, Inc.2024—

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
200010
202410
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K963935, 1996–2024Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against? (2)

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; numbers the summary cites that cannot be its predicate are marked – and kept off the family tree.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*K951094Point-of-Care Arterial Blood Gas Monitoring System
Summary page 1
…Monitor. Trade Name: Olympus Critical Care Monitoring System. Classification Name: Blood Gas Monitor. Predicate Device: Point-of-Care Blood Gas Monitor System 510(k) K951094 Tram® System 510(k) K900598 4.1.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVICE It is the intention of Optical Sensors Incorporated (OSI) to intro…
Optical Sensors, Inc.1996—
Kept off the family treeK900598FDA’s K900598 is Tramscope System
Our OCR of the scanned summary read K900598, FDA’s number for Tramscope System (Marquette Electronics, Inc.). Its FDA name has none of the distinctive words the summary uses for the device it names, “Tram System”. Kept off the family tree.
Summary page 1
…Critical Care Monitoring System. Classification Name: Blood Gas Monitor. Predicate Device: Point-of-Care Blood Gas Monitor System 510(k) K951094 Tram® System 510(k) K900598 4.1.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVICE It is the intention of Optical Sensors Incorporated (OSI) to introduce into commercial distribu…
Marquette Electronics, Inc.1990—

Also cleared against K951094: 2 other devices →

What descends from it? (2)

1 later device cites it directly; ranked here by how many devices descend from each in turn.

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K984579Capno Probe aOptical Sensors, Inc.20001

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?

  • Its one ancestor has no recall.
  • Of its descendants, K984579 (Optical Sensors, Inc., 2000) has gone furthest, with 1 descendant of its own.
  • 2 other devices also cite its predicate K951094.

How does its category compare?

All CCC devices

CCC Analyzer, Gas, Carbon-Dioxide, Partial Pressure, Blood-Phase, Indwelling: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · CCC

1in 2007

2007: 1
2007high 1 (2007) · low 0 (2008)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · CCC

Too few CCC 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.

Recalls per year · CCC

No recall names CCC since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · CCC

2in 2007

2007: 2
2007high 2 (2007) · low 0 (2008)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code CCC, 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—02
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20140—00
20150—00
20160—00
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20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The Olympus System is intended to provide on-demand arterial blood gas monitoring in the operating room and at the bedside for critically ill patients with a pre-existing arterial pressure monitoring line. The ABG information is available to the attending qualified medical professional on demand and within approximately 60 seconds of the time the sample cycle was initiated.

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. “K963935: Olympus Critical Care Monitoring System.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K963935

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