# K972726: Snap Swab Culture Collection and Transport System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Medical Packaging Corp.
- Decided: Oct 8, 1997 after 79 days
- Product code: JSM (Culture Media, Non-Propagating Transport)
- Device class: 1
- Regulation: 21 CFR 866.2390
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 3 generations back to K881105 (1988). 5 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 6 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K932337: Culture-Pak Collection and Transport System, Medical Packaging Corp. (1994) Summary page 1.
- K936078: Culture-Pak Collection/Transport System, Modified, Medical Packaging Corp. (1994) Summary page 1.
- K964637: Culture Collection and Transport System, Modified Amies Media, Medical Packaging Corp. (1996) Summary page 1.
- K970597: Culture-Pak Collection and Transport System with Clinical Transport Media (Cary-Blair Option), Medical Packaging Corp. (1997) Summary page 1.

## Indications for use
Medical Packaging Corporation's SNAP SWAB™ Culture Collection and Transport System is intended to be used for the collection, preservation, and transport of bactenological specimens to the laboratory for evaluation. The media is intended to preserve the intcg;rity of the specimen as well as minimize overgrowth of other organisms during transport.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K972726
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology