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De Novo · Granted

Granted

PainChek (PainChek Adult)

DEN240073De NovoGranted Oct 6, 2025299-day reviewClass II21 CFR 882.1472

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

Painchek Limited (Ltd.) · SGB Pain Assessment Software In Non-Communicative Adults

Granted on Oct 6, 2025 as a new device type through De Novo after a 299-day review.

Decided
Oct 6, 2025
Review
299 days
Class
Class II
Product code
SGB
Recalls
None

De Novo grants create a new device type without a predicate, so this family tree starts here.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of DEN240073Source: FDA De Novo database · How lineage is built

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Sources: FDA De Novo database (decision fields), the FDA summary (predicates and indications), FDA recall and enforcement reports, and MAUDE; processed by 510(k) Report. Verify on FDA.gov · Methodology and accuracy.

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Does it have a predicate?

De Novo decisions do not claim a predicate device.

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.

How does its category compare?

All SGB devices

SGB Pain Assessment Software In Non-Communicative Adults: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years. 2025, this device’s year, is highlighted.

FDA decisions per year · SGB

1in 2025

2025: 1
2007high 1 (2025) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · SGB

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

Recalls per year · SGB

No recall names SGB since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · SGB

No MAUDE report names SGB since 2007.

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What is it indicated for?

PainChek Adult is an observational pain assessment software application used to assist healthcare professionals in the assessment of pain in non-verbal patients who have been diagnosed with moderate to severe dementia and who are living in nursing homes. Specifically, PainChek Adult is intended to be used by trained medical doctors, nurses, licensed practical and vocational nurses, certified nursing assistants, clinical psychologists, physical therapists and occupational therapists to assess pain in the indicated population.

Indications for use as stated in the FDA summary.

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510(k) Report. “DEN240073: PainChek (PainChek Adult).” Lineage record from FDA De Novo data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/DEN240073

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