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Critical Care Suite with Enteric Tube Positioning AI Algorithm

Ge Medical Systems, LLC

Critical Care Suite with Enteric Tube AI Algorithm analyzes frontal chest and abdominal x-ray images and produces an on-screen image overlay that detects and localizes an enteric tube that has been inserted nasally or orally, locates the tube tip, and locates the tube side port (if present). It also produces an on-screen image overlay that detects and localizes the diaphragm and the airways (carina with left and right bronchi). This information is also transmitted to the radiologist for review. Intended users include licensed qualified healthcare professional (HCP) who have been trained to independently place and/or assess the placement of enteric tubes inserted nasally or orally and radiologists. Critical Care Suite with the Enteric Tube Positioning AI Algorithm should not be used in-lieu of full patient evaluation or solely relied upon to make or confirm a diagnosis. It is not intended to replace the review of the X-ray image by a qualified healthcare professional. Critical Care Suite with the Enteric Tube Positioning AI algorithm is indicated for both adult and pediatric patients.

Evidence status: each field shows source quality, applicability, and review date. Research pending, information not established in reviewed sources, and vendor documentation pending are distinct outcomes.

Clinical fit

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Exact purpose
Critical Care Suite with Enteric Tube AI Algorithm analyzes frontal chest and abdominal x-ray images and produces an on-screen image overlay that detects and localizes an enteric tube that has been inserted nasally or orally, locates the tube tip, and locates the tube side port (if present). It also produces an on-screen image overlay that detects and localizes the diaphragm and the airways (carina with left and right bronchi). This information is also transmitted to the radiologist for review. Intended users include licensed qualified healthcare professional (HCP) who have been trained to independently place and/or assess the placement of enteric tubes inserted nasally or orally and radiologists. Critical Care Suite with the Enteric Tube Positioning AI Algorithm should not be used in-lieu of full patient evaluation or solely relied upon to make or confirm a diagnosis. It is not intended to replace the review of the X-ray image by a qualified healthcare professional. Critical Care Suite with the Enteric Tube Positioning AI algorithm is indicated for both adult and pediatric patients.
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Exact-submission indication text from the ACR AI Central model card. FDA labeling remains controlling.

Intended users
Licensed qualified healthcare professionals (HCP) who have been trained to independently place and/or assess the placement of enteric tubes inserted nasally or orally, and radiologists
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Intended-user text reported in the exact-submission ACR model card.

Care setting and population
Adult and Pediatric
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Patient-population text reported in the exact-submission ACR model card; institutional setting may still require vendor confirmation.

Workflow role
Detection, localization, or diagnostic support
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Conservative normalization of explicit wording in an exact-submission source.

Required input
XRAY images or data. Inclusion criteria: Frontal chest and abdominal x-ray images of patients with an enteric tube inserted nasally or orally; both adult and pediatric patients; images including chest and abdominal x-rays (including babygrams) of varying image quality and difficulty
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Conservative normalization of explicit wording in an exact-submission source.

Output and human action
On-screen image overlay visualizing: enteric tube localization, enteric tube tip location, enteric tube side port location (if present), diaphragm localization, and airways (carina with left and right bronchi). Output is delivered as image annotation on a secondary DICOM image and a DICOM tag identifying if an enteric tube was detected. No quantification measurements are provided.
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Clinical output reported in the exact-submission ACR model card.

Limitations
Exclusion criteria: Not to be used in-lieu of full patient evaluation or solely relied upon to make or confirm a diagnosis; not intended to replace the review of the X-ray image by a qualified healthcare professional
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Limitations and supported-acquisition details reported in the exact-submission ACR model card.

Regulatory identity

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FDA submission
K253502
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
Modality
X-ray/Radiography
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Imaging modality reported in the exact-submission ACR AI Central model card.

Anatomy
Chest/Lung
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Anatomy normalized from explicit exact-submission ACR model-card wording.

Clearance type
510(k)
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
Decision date
2026-04-14
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
FDA status
FDA-cleared
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Implementation

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Integration
The exact-submission ACR model card explicitly references DICOM in the described input, output, or workflow; exact interfaces, versions, and local compatibility require confirmation.
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Interoperability terms explicitly reported in the exact-submission ACR model card; interface versions and local compatibility still require confirmation.

Deployment and data flow
Research pending
Needs research Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31

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Security and privacy
Vendor documentation pending
Vendor confirmation Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-13

FDA authorization does not establish the current commercial security posture. Request data-flow diagrams, hosting and retention details, access controls, audit logging, attestations, and incident-response documentation.

Training and support
Vendor documentation pending
Vendor confirmation Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-13

Training, onboarding, competency, and support commitments are commercial implementation details that require current vendor documentation.

Monitoring and change control
Vendor documentation pending
Vendor confirmation Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-13

Local acceptance testing, production monitoring, drift review, update control, and incident escalation require a current vendor and site-specific governance plan.

Input or output interoperability

DICOM is explicitly referenced in the described input, output, or workflow.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-01

The model card does not establish every supported DICOM object, transfer method, or local interface.

Evidence

Performance evidence

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Evidence summary
Study type: Stand-Alone Performance. Cases: 954. Sites: 5. Reported sensitivity: enteric tube detection: 99.2% (95% CI: 98.2%, 99.7%) ; tube tip detection: 95.7% (95% CI: 93.5%, 97.3%); side port detection: 93.1% (95% CI: 90.4%, 95.2%). Reported specificity: enteric tube detection: 97.5% (95% CI: 94.7%, 99.1%) ; tube tip detection: 94.1% (95% CI: 90.1%, 96.8%); side port detection: 85.9% (95% CI: 80.1%, 90.5%)
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Structured study metadata from the exact-submission ACR model card; this is not an independent evidence synthesis.

Reported sensitivity
enteric tube detection: 99.2% (95% CI: 98.2%, 99.7%) ; tube tip detection: 95.7% (95% CI: 93.5%, 97.3%); side port detection: 93.1% (95% CI: 90.4%, 95.2%)
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Model sensitivity reported by ACR AI Central. Review endpoint, threshold, study population, and tested version before comparison.

Reported specificity
enteric tube detection: 97.5% (95% CI: 94.7%, 99.1%) ; tube tip detection: 94.1% (95% CI: 90.1%, 96.8%); side port detection: 85.9% (95% CI: 80.1%, 90.5%)
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Model specificity reported by ACR AI Central. Review endpoint, threshold, study population, and tested version before comparison.

No contextualized exact-version metric has completed evidence review. Regulatory-document values, when available, are shown above with their limitations.

Critical Care Suite with Enteric Tube Positioning AI Algorithm regulatory performance study summary

Stand-Alone Performance · Adult and Pediatric

exact submission · Tested version: Exact product version not reported; regulatory study summarized for FDA submission K253502 · n=954 · 5 sites · Independence not established

K253502

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Economics and lifecycle

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Pricing and total cost
Vendor documentation pending
Vendor confirmation Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-13

FDA submission materials do not establish current commercial pricing. Request the pricing unit, term, minimum commitment, implementation fees, and included support from the vendor.

Reimbursement and coding
Research pending
Needs research Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31

Determine whether any product-specific CPT/HCPCS pathway exists and separate it from billing for the underlying imaging service.

Safety and lifecycle

Postmarket record

Recall and adverse-event records are shown only after product matching. Adverse-event reports do not establish incidence or causality.

Postmarket safety review
Not established in reviewed sources
Reviewed sources checked Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04

No native submission-identifier match was found in the checked openFDA radiology recall snapshot. Product-name, manufacturer, and adverse-event searches remain necessary; this does not establish that no recall or safety report exists.

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Research record

What has been checked

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Automated sources checkedStatus
2026-09-04Last searched
19Fields reviewed
5Source classes checked
0Unreviewed PubMed leads
0Unreviewed trial leads
0Unreviewed FDA recall leads

Exact-submission ACR model-card fields were normalized under the current provenance rules; vendor and independent-study confirmation remain distinct. Automated exact-name discovery found 0 PubMed and 0 ClinicalTrials.gov candidate records. Candidates require human product and version matching; zero candidates is not evidence that no studies exist. Native FDA recall identifiers produced 0 postmarket candidate records; 0 have been reviewed (0 published, 0 rejected) and 0 remain unreviewed.

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Source classes: fda ai list, acr ai central product, pubmed, clinical trials, openfda device recall

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