510(k) · Cleared

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Access Systems Needleless Vial Adapter

K971500510(k) TraditionalCleared Aug 18, 1997116-day reviewClass II21 CFR 880.5440

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

Biological & Environmental Control Laboratories · FPA Set, Administration, Intravascular

Cleared on Aug 18, 1997 as substantially equivalent to K944320 (Imed Corp., 1995) after a 116-day review. Its family tree reaches back 1 generation to 1995.

Decided: Aug 18, 1997
Review: 116 days
Class: Class II
Product code: FPA
Recalls: None
Predicates: 1

Its longest line of descent runs back 1 generation to K944320 (1995). No later device cites it as a predicate yet.

By dateBy generation

Root · 1 generation backK944320 Vented/Non-Vented Gemini Administration SetImed Corp. · 1995 · Recalled
This deviceK971500 Access Systems Needleless Vial AdapterBiological & Environmental Control Laboratories · 1997

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Line of descent and top descendants

Generation	Number	Device	Applicant	Decided	Recalls
−1	K944320	Vented/Non-Vented Gemini Administration Set	Imed Corp.	1995	7
0 (this device)	K971500	Access Systems Needleless Vial Adapter	Biological & Environmental Control Laboratories	1997	—

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K971500, 1995–1997Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), the FDA summary (predicates and indications), FDA recall and enforcement reports, and MAUDE; processed by 510(k) Report. Verify on FDA.gov · Methodology and accuracy.

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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.

Type	Number	Device	Applicant	Decided	Recalls
*	K944320	Vented/Non-Vented Gemini Administration Set Summary page 1 …are, Abbott Laboratories, and McGaw, Inc. Technological data and performance data for the injection site employed were submitted for the IMED predicate device in 510(k) #K944320. 24 510(k) Summary {Continued) Packaging of the device is either performed in-house or under contract by a regi…	Imed Corp.	1995	7

Also cleared against K944320: 4 other devices →

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.

What does this lineage say?

Its one ancestor has a recall.
4 other devices also cite its predicate K944320.

How does its category compare?

All FPA devices

FPA Set, Administration, Intravascular: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · FPA

11in 2025

2007high 23 (2010) · low 4 (2018)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · FPA

225in 2025

2007high 340 (2023) · low 75 (2007)2026

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

Recalls per year · FPA

98in 2025

2007high 166 (2009) · low 1 (2021)2026

Class I (17 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · FPA

34,506in 2025

2007high 47,210 (2024) · low 1,499 (2007)2025

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

View these four charts as a table

Year	Decisions	Median 510(k) review, days	Recalls (Class I)	MAUDE reports
2007	16	75	17	1,499
2008	18	89	15	1,941
2009	10	166	166	2,512
2010	23	120	58	2,537
2011	12	87	28	4,407
2012	21	96	16 (4)	4,930
2013	13	90	64	4,651
2014	22	89	24	4,695
2015	17	123	6	6,625
2016	12	195	10	8,470
2017	17	240	13	6,462
2018	4	177	4	6,574
2019	7	161	13	11,227
2020	10	327	107	9,563
2021	13	186	1	10,414
2022	14	213	9 (5)	13,393
2023	14	340	12 (4)	10,916
2024	7	244	13 (1)	47,210
2025	11	225	98 (1)	34,506
2026	5	266	10 (2)	—

What is it indicated for?

The risk to health care providers of "needlestick" injuries has become a major public health and worker safety concern. The Needleless Vial Adapter is intended to provide additional protection against inadvertent "needlestick” injuries to health care providers during the administration of fluids-and medications. The Needleless Vial Adapter provides for the entry into a stoppered vial without the need of a sharp needle by allowing for the use of a blunt cannula.

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

https://510kreport.com/device/K971500 · printed Nov 4, 2026

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510(k) Report. “K971500: Access Systems Needleless Vial Adapter.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K971500

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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