# K982104: Escort-Link Central Station Monitor Model 20500

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Medical Data Electronics
- Decided: Nov 25, 1998 after 163 days
- Product code: MLD (Monitor, St Segment With Alarm)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.1025
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
2 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 3 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
- (no number) ESCORT-LINK® Central Station Monitor Model 20500: named in the summary without a submission number

## Most influential descendants
- K061675: Vision VXC Central Station, Model 4300 (2006), 0 descendants of its own
- K012336: Modification to:Escort Vision Central Station Telemetry System, Model 20500 (2001), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The ESCORT-LINK® Central Station Monitor is intended to be used to provide, using a wireless LAN for communication, centralized surveillance and documentation of patient vital sign data and arrhythmia/ST monitoring for a variable number of ESCORT® II Bedside Monitors and a variable number of UHF telemetry transmitters in the hospital environment. It is intended for use by healthcare practitioners trained in the use of the equipment only. The ST algorithm has been tested for accuracy of the ST segment measurement data. The significance of the ST segment changes must be determined by a physician.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K982104
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology