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Erco-Vac -C

K990006510(k) TraditionalCleared Feb 24, 199951-day reviewClass II21 CFR 876.5020

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Ercons, Inc. · LKY Device, External Penile Rigidity

Cleared on Feb 24, 1999 as substantially equivalent to K841257 (Nu-Potent, 1984) and 3 other predicates after a 51-day review. Its family tree reaches back 2 generations to 1984.

Decided
Feb 24, 1999
Review
51 days
Class
Class II
Product code
LKY
Recalls
None
Predicates
4

Its longest line of descent runs back 2 generations to K841257 (1984). 5 ancestors in all. No later device cites it as a predicate yet.

Other ancestors, by year cleared 1996: 2 other ancestors1990: 1 other ancestorK841257 · Sta-Potent System · Nu-Potent · 1984K981357 · Erco-Vac · Ercons, Inc. · 199819801985199019952000
Other ancestors, by generation 1 generation back: 2 other ancestors2 generations back: 1 other ancestor K981357 · Erco-Vac · Ercons, Inc. · 1998K841257 · Sta-Potent System · Nu-Potent · 19840
  1. Root · 2 generations backK841257 Sta-Potent SystemNu-Potent · 1984
  2. 1 generation backK981357 Erco-VacErcons, Inc. · 1998
  3. This deviceK990006 Erco-Vac -CErcons, Inc. · 1999
View FIG. 1 as a table

Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
−2K841257Sta-Potent SystemNu-Potent1984—
−1K981357Erco-VacErcons, Inc.1998—
0 (this device)K990006Erco-Vac -CErcons, Inc.1999—

Other ancestors by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
199010
199620
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K990006, 1984–1999Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against? (4)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*K841257Sta-Potent System
Summary page 1
…President Date: Dec.23, 1998 Trade name - Erco-Vac ™ —-C Common name -external penile rigidity device Equivalence is claimed to: 1. ErercAid Osbon Medical Systems, Ltd. K841257 2. VED Mission Pharmacal Co. K901223 3. Pos-T-Vac POS-T-VAC K960828 4. Erco-Vac ™ ERCONS, Inc. K981357 Code of Federal Regulation…
Nu-Potent1984—
*K901223Vacuum Erection Device (Ved)
Summary page 1
…ame - Erco-Vac ™ —-C Common name -external penile rigidity device Equivalence is claimed to: 1. ErercAid Osbon Medical Systems, Ltd. K841257 2. VED Mission Pharmacal Co. K901223 3. Pos-T-Vac POS-T-VAC K960828 4. Erco-Vac ™ ERCONS, Inc. K981357 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Number: Unclassified Product C…
Mission Pharmacal Co.1990—
*K960828Pos-T-Vac B-10 Band Kit
Summary page 1
…e -external penile rigidity device Equivalence is claimed to: 1. ErercAid Osbon Medical Systems, Ltd. K841257 2. VED Mission Pharmacal Co. K901223 3. Pos-T-Vac POS-T-VAC K960828 4. Erco-Vac ™ ERCONS, Inc. K981357 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Number: Unclassified Product Code: 78 LKY Ercons, Inc. PATEN…
Pos-T-Vac, Inc.1996—
*K981357Erco-Vac
Summary page 1
…Equivalence is claimed to: 1. ErercAid Osbon Medical Systems, Ltd. K841257 2. VED Mission Pharmacal Co. K901223 3. Pos-T-Vac POS-T-VAC K960828 4. Erco-Vac ™ ERCONS, Inc. K981357 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Number: Unclassified Product Code: 78 LKY Ercons, Inc. PATENT PENDING Erco-Vac ™ -C Confidentia…
Ercons, Inc.1998—

Also cleared against K841257: 7 other devices →

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

What does this lineage say?

  • The line of descent spans 15 years and passes through 2 companies; a new generation was cleared every 14.6 years on median.
  • None of the 5 ancestors has a recall.
  • 7 other devices also cite its predicate K841257.

How does its category compare?

All LKY devices

LKY Device, External Penile Rigidity: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · LKY

FDA has decided no LKY device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · LKY

Too few LKY 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.

Recalls per year · LKY

No recall names LKY since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · LKY

2in 2023

2008: 12013: 12014: 12016: 12017: 22018: 32022: 12023: 2
2007high 3 (2018) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code LKY, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
20070—00
20080—01
20090—00
20100—00
20110—00
20120—00
20130—01
20140—01
20150—00
20160—01
20170—02
20180—03
20190—00
20200—00
20210—00
20220—01
20230—02
20240—00
20250—00
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

Erco-Vac™ -C is used to create an erection in men with erectile dysfunction and for augmenting of male potency.

Erco-Vac™ —C can be used for patients with following conditions:

Diabetes

Venous leakage

Prostatectomy

Hypertension

Psychogenic condition

Impotence due to radiation therapy

Spinal cord injury

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K990006: Erco-Vac -C.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 5, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K990006

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Lineage and recalls computed Nov 3, 2026
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026