# K964519: Curity Thoracentesis Tray

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Kendall Healthcare Products Co. Div.Of Tyco Health
- Decided: Dec 20, 1996 after 38 days
- Product code: GCX (Apparatus, Suction, Operating-Room, Wall Vacuum Powered)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 880.6740
- 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 K870572 (1987). 3 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 4 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K903569: Curity Thoracentesis Tray, Kendall Healthcare Products Co. Div.Of Tyco Health (1990). Our OCR of the scanned summary read K503569, which is not a number in FDA’s lists. Corrected to the number one digit away whose FDA name carries the summary’s words for the device, “Kendall Curity Thoracentesis Tray”.
- K870572: Arrow-Clarke (TM) Pleura-Seal (TM) Thoracentesis Kit, Arrow Intl., Inc. (1987) Summary page 1.
- K930847: Argyle Turkel Safety Thoracentesis Proc. Tray, Sherwood Medical Co. (1993) Summary page 1.

## Indications for use
The Kendall Curity Thoracentesis Tray is intended to be used to drain fluid from the pleural cavity.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K964519
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology