FDA Approves Vidacare’s First Medical Device for Children

San Antonio Business Journal – 11:39 AM CST Wednesday – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Vidacare Corp.’s intraosseous medical device for use in treating pediatric patients, the company said Wednesday. The FDA already approved another version of the device for use in adults.

The local medical device manufacturer created its EZ-IO product system to give doctors and emergency medical technicians a way to inject fluid into a patient through the bone marrow in the event a person’s veins have collapsed due to trauma or dehydration.

The FDA granted 510(k) clearance for the adult product, now sold as EZ-IO AD, in March 2004.

Receiving FDA clearance for EZ-IO PD allows Vidacare to begin marketing the pediatric device to emergency medical systems and hospitals throughout the United States, President and CEO Philip Faris Jr. says.

Vidacare was founded in San Antonio in 2001.