# K973873: Digital Personal Telemedicine Module, Digital PTM 1

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: American Telecare, Inc.
- Decided: Dec 29, 1997 after 80 days
- Product code: DRG (Transmitters And Receivers, Physiological Signal, Radiofrequency)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.2910
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 2 generations back to K952882 (1996). 3 ancestors in all.
36 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 40 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K964554: Personal Telemedicine Module, American Telecare, Inc. (1996) Summary page 1.
- K963678: Caretone II, American Telecare, Inc. (1997) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K034046: RNK Telephonic Stethoscope, Model TR-1 (2004), 32 descendants of its own
- K072026: RNK Electronic Stethoscope (2007), 29 descendants of its own
- K102893: PCP/PC Stethoscope (2011), 26 descendants of its own
- K160401: Tyto Stethoscope (2016), 21 descendants of its own
- K181612: Tyto Stethoscope (OTC) (2018), 19 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Digital Personal Telemedicine Module is intended to be used solely as a monitoring device, whereby a health care professional can communicate with the patient between visits to gather blood pressure and pulse readings, as well as to listen to the patient's heart and lung sounds.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K973873
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology