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Cleared

Modification to: I-Stat Portable Clinical Analyzer

K012478510(k) SpecialCleared Aug 20, 200118-day reviewClass II21 CFR 862.1120

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

I-Stat Corp. · CHL Electrode Measurement, Blood-Gases (Pco2, Po2) And Blood Ph

Cleared on Aug 20, 2001 as substantially equivalent to K011478 (I-Stat Corp., 2001) after an 18-day review. Its family tree reaches back 1 generation to 2001.

Decided
Aug 20, 2001
Review
18 days
Class
Class II
Product code
CHL
Recalls
None
Predicates
1

Its longest line of descent runs back 1 generation to K011478 (2001). No later device cites it as a predicate yet.

K011478 · I-Stat System · I-Stat Corp. · 200120002002
K011478 · I-Stat System · I-Stat Corp. · 20010
  1. Root · 1 generation backK011478 I-Stat SystemI-Stat Corp. · 2001
  2. This deviceK012478 Modification to: I-Stat Portable Clinical AnalyzerI-Stat Corp. · 2001
View FIG. 1 as a table

Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
−1K011478I-Stat SystemI-Stat Corp.2001—
0 (this device)K012478Modification to: I-Stat Portable Clinical AnalyzerI-Stat Corp.2001—
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K012478, 2001–2001Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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Sources: FDA 510(k) 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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What was it cleared against? (1)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*K011478I-Stat SystemI-Stat Corp.2001—

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.

What does this lineage say?

  • Its one ancestor has no recall.

How does its category compare?

All CHL devices

CHL Electrode Measurement, Blood-Gases (Pco2, Po2) And Blood Ph: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · CHL

1in 2025

2007: 12008: 12010: 12011: 42012: 42013: 52014: 32015: 42016: 32017: 12018: 12020: 42021: 22023: 52024: 12025: 12026 (partial year): 1
2007high 5 (2013) · low 0 (2009)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · CHL

267in 2023

2011: 108 days median2012: 65 days median2013: 152 days median2014: 68 days median2015: 155 days median2016: 306 days median2020: 100 days median2023: 267 days median
2007high 306 (2016) · low 65 (2012)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · CHL

13so far in 2026, the most since 2007

2007: 62008: 52009: 62010: 72011: 12012: 92013: 12014: 12015: 32016: 12017: 12018: 32020: 22023: 42024: 92026 (partial year): 13
2007high 13 (2026) · low 0 (2019)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · CHL

210in 2025

2007: 162008: 402009: 742010: 202011: 502012: 642013: 622014: 932015: 552016: 1182017: 2062018: 1742019: 1412020: 1172021: 1472022: 1382023: 1772024: 1962025: 210
2007high 210 (2025) · low 16 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code CHL, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
20071—616
20081—540
20090—674
20101—720
20114108150
2012465964
20135152162
2014368193
20154155355
201633061118
20171—1206
20181—3174
20190—0141
202041002117
20212—0147
20220—0138
202352674177
20241—9196
20251—0210
20261—13—

What is it indicated for?

The i-STAT System is used by trained medical professionals for running clinical chemistry tests for sodium, potassium, chloride, urea nitrogen, glucose, hematocrit, calcium, blood-gases (PCO2, PO2) and blood pH, creatinine, lactic acid, and activated whole blood clotting time in a variety of test panels contained in the i-STAT test cartridges.

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K012478: Modification to: I-Stat Portable Clinical Analyzer.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 5, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K012478

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 30, 2026 (extraction version 2d9447fa9ea4)
  • Lineage and recalls computed Nov 3, 2026
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026