# K974318: Healthcare Service and Supply Alp Alternating Leg Pressure Pump and Gaarments for the Limb

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Healthcare Service and Supply
- Decided: Feb 13, 1998 after 88 days
- Product code: JOW (Sleeve, Limb, Compressible)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.5800
- 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 K881632 (1988). 2 ancestors in all.
8 later devices descend from it; 4 cite it directly.
0 of 11 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K955853: Healthcare Service & Supply Pump Alp 501 Pump System, Healthcare Service and Supply (1996) Summary page 1.
- K881632: Flowtron DVT System AC500 Pump, L501 Garment, Huntleigh Technology, Inc. (1988) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K053575: Hygia Health Services Reprocessed Kendall SCD Express Sleeves/Foot Cuffs (2006), 3 descendants of its own
- K012403: Vanguard Reprocessed Compression Garment (2001), 3 descendants of its own
- K090074: Hygia Health Services Reprocessed Compression Sleeves / Foot Cuffs (2009), 1 descendant of its own
- K051438: Vanguard Reprocessed Compression Garments (Hill-Rom) (2006), 1 descendant of its own
- K101330: Midwest Reprocessing Center Reprocessed SCD Express Sleeves/ Foot Cuffs, Midwest Reprocessing Center Reprocessed Alp Sle (2010), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Healthcare Service and Supply ALP® 501 Pump and Limb Garments are recommended for use in patients for whom external compression therapy using the ALTERNATING LEG PRESSURE SYSTEM® (ALP® is indicated to reduce the incidence of deep vein thrombosis and resulting pulmonary embolism due to the presence of risk factors for thrombosis formation. The Healthcare Service and Supply garments are attachable to the ALP® Pump as well as to the Huntleigh Flowtron® pump.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K974318
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology