# Express Chest Drain

> Active: United States. Medical device record on deviCERTS, compiled from public registries.

- Canonical page: <https://devicerts.com/devices/express-chest-drain-kdq>
- Manufacturer: [Atrium Medical Corporation](https://devicerts.com/manufacturers/atrium-medical-corporation) (United States)
- Name in the registry: EXPRESS CHEST DRAIN
- Device class: Class II (US FDA)
- FDA product code: KDQ

## Registrations and authorizations

- **510(k)** · FDA 510(k) · United States · K081718 · decision 2008-07-25 · decision SESE · status: Active

## Recalls

- Z-1938-2015 · Class II · terminated · initiated 2015-05-07 · matched through shared submission K081718, may concern other models: Chest drains have a missing o-ring
- Z-1935-2015 · Class II · terminated · initiated 2015-05-07 · matched through shared submission K081718, may concern other models: Chest drains have a missing o-ring
- Z-1937-2015 · Class II · terminated · initiated 2015-05-07 · matched through shared submission K081718, may concern other models: Chest drains have a missing o-ring
- Z-1936-2015 · Class II · terminated · initiated 2015-05-07 · matched through shared submission K081718, may concern other models: Chest drains have a missing o-ring

## Identifiers

- 510(k) Number: K081718 [FDA 510(k)]
- FDA product code: KDQ [FDA 510(k)]

## Classification

- Device class: Class II [FDA 510(k)]
- Regulation: 21 CFR Part 880.6740 [FDA 510(k)]
- Advisory committee: General Hospital [FDA 510(k)]
- FDA decision: SESE [FDA 510(k)]

## Source and citation

- Cite as: Express Chest Drain, Atrium Medical Corporation. deviCERTS medical device catalogue. https://devicerts.com/devices/express-chest-drain-kdq (data as of 2026-11-14).
- Data sources: [FDA 510(k)](https://open.fda.gov/apis/device/510k/), [FDA recalls](https://open.fda.gov/apis/device/recall/)
- Registry records last synced: 2026-10-22
- Statuses computed as of: 2026-11-14
- JSON: <https://devicerts.com/devices/express-chest-drain-kdq.json>
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- Attribution: DevicErts, https://devicerts.com/devices/express-chest-drain-kdq
- Compiled by deviCERTS (devicerts.com) from public medical device registries (EUDAMED, European Commission; U.S. FDA via openFDA; AccessGUDID, U.S. National Library of Medicine). deviCERTS is not an official register and gives no regulatory advice: the record in the registry itself prevails.