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Fasttrach Single-Pass Tracheal/Esophageal Airway System

K971348510(k) TraditionalCleared Feb 27, 1998323-day reviewClass II21 CFR 868.5650

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

Green Field Medical Sourcing, Inc. · CAO Airway, Esophageal (Obturator)

Cleared on Feb 27, 1998 after a 323-day review. FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

Decided
Feb 27, 1998
Review
323 days
Class
Class II
Product code
CAO
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K971348Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against?

FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

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 CAO devices

CAO Airway, Esophageal (Obturator): FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · CAO

FDA has decided no CAO device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · CAO

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

Recalls per year · CAO

No recall names CAO since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · CAO

1in 2021

2012: 12013: 12014: 12015: 12017: 12018: 22019: 22020: 12021: 1
2007high 2 (2018) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code CAO, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

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What is it indicated for?

1. To establish a patent airway to provide ventilation to a patient who has undergone cardiac* and/or pulmonary arrest. 2. To establish a protected airway where a compromised or obstructed airway exists in an unconscious patient.* 3. To establish a patent airway in a conscious patient who is unable to ventilate adequately. * 4. To establish a patent airway where a rescuer is unable to ventilate the unconscious patient with conventional methods.* 5. This…

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1. To establish a patent airway to provide ventilation to a patient who has undergone cardiac* and/or pulmonary arrest.

2. To establish a protected airway where a compromised or obstructed airway exists in an unconscious patient.*

3. To establish a patent airway in a conscious patient who is unable to ventilate adequately. *

4. To establish a patent airway where a rescuer is unable to ventilate the unconscious patient with conventional methods.*

5. This device is particularly indicated where standard tracheal tube intubation may be difficult or not possible.

Where either tracheal or esophageal obturator airway is indicated.

Applicable to larger children, small adult or adult depending on sizes of our product available, with applied clinical judgement required.

8. For use by a person trained and experienced in airway management and the use of this device.

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA 510(k) statement, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K971348: Fasttrach Single-Pass Tracheal/Esophageal Airway System.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K971348

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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