# K982810: Shelhigh NO-React Vascupatch

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Shelhigh, Inc.
- Decided: Oct 28, 1998 after 78 days
- Product code: DXZ (Patch, Pledget And Intracardiac, Petp, Ptfe, Polypropylene)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.3470
- 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 K964467 (1997). 3 ancestors in all.
12 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 16 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K905496: Woven and Knitted Minicrimp Carotid Patch Fabrics, Meadox Medicals, Div. Boston Scientific Corp. (1991) Summary page 1.
- K974914: Shelhigh NO-React Pericardial Patches, Shelhigh, Inc. (1998) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K063349: Cormatrix Patch for Cardiac Tissue Repair (2007), 11 descendants of its own
- K140306: Cormatrix Protect Ecm Envelope (2014), 4 descendants of its own
- K173242: CanGaroo Envelope (small), CanGaroo Envelope (medium), CanGaroo Envelope (large), CanGaroo Envelope (extra large) (2017), 3 descendants of its own
- K182255: CanGaroo Neuro Envelope (small) ; CanGaroo Neuro Envelope (medium) ; CanGaroo Neuro Envelope (large) ; CanGaroo Neuro Envelope (extra large) (2018), 2 descendants of its own
- K152127: CorMatrix Tyke (2016), 2 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
For repair of carotid endarterectomy and vascular patch grafting.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K982810
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology