FDA-cleared profile

Critical Care Suite with Pneumothorax Detection AI Algorithm, Critical Care Suite 2.1, Critical Care Suite

GE Medical Systems, LLC

Critical Care Suite with Pneumothorax Detection AI Algorithm is a computer-aided triage, notification, and diagnostic device that analyzes frontal chest X-ray images for the presence of a pneumothorax. Critical Care Suite identifies and highlights images with a pneumothorax to enable case prioritization or triage and assist as a concurrent reading aid during interpretation of radiographs. Intended users include qualified independently licensed healthcare professionals (HCPs) trained to independently assess the presence of pneumothoraxes in radiographic images and radiologists. Critical Care Suite 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 physician. Critical Care Suite is indicated for adults and Transitional Adolescents (18 to <22 years old but treated like adults).

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

What this tool is for

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Exact purpose
Critical Care Suite with Pneumothorax Detection AI Algorithm is a computer-aided triage, notification, and diagnostic device that analyzes frontal chest X-ray images for the presence of a pneumothorax. Critical Care Suite identifies and highlights images with a pneumothorax to enable case prioritization or triage and assist as a concurrent reading aid during interpretation of radiographs. Intended users include qualified independently licensed healthcare professionals (HCPs) trained to independently assess the presence of pneumothoraxes in radiographic images and radiologists. Critical Care Suite 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 physician. Critical Care Suite is indicated for adults and Transitional Adolescents (18 to <22 years old but treated like adults).
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
Medical professionals
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
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
Triage or notification 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: Chest AP/PA X-rays
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

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

Output and human action
Pneumothorax
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

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

Limitations
Exclusion criteria: Non chest and lateral chest X-rays
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

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

Regulatory identity

FDA record and catalog context

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FDA submission
K223491
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
2023-05-25
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
FDA status
FDA-cleared
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31

Implementation

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Integration
Standards-based DICOM/PACS integration was identified in the FDA submission materials; compatibility with a specific PACS, RIS, EHR, or orchestrator requires confirmation.
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-13

Normalized from the prior exact-submission review. Confirm interface versions and local compatibility during technical evaluation.

Deployment and data flow
Hybrid
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Deployment category preserved from the prior exact-submission review; hosting region, data flow, and current commercial configuration still require vendor confirmation.

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.

Evidence

Performance evidence

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Evidence summary
Study type: Both. Sites: 2. Reported sensitivity: 84.30%. Reported specificity: 93.50%. Reader-study sensitivity: 83.70%. Reader-study specificity: 89.00%
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
84.30%
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
93.50%
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 Pneumothorax Detection AI Algorithm regulatory performance study summary

Stand-alone performance and reader study (ACR AI Central category) · Adult

exact submission · Tested version: 2.1 · 2 sites · Independence not established

K223491

ACR AI Central summarizes the regulatory study; consult the exact FDA materials before comparative use.

Economics and lifecycle

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

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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

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Exact FDA record reviewedStatus
2026-09-04Last searched
19Fields reviewed
6Source 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.

Candidate leads remain unpublished until a human confirms the exact product and tested version.

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

Sources

Source ledger

Sources accessed through 2026-09-02.

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