510(k) · Cleared
ClearedMicroscan Synergies Plus
Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly
Dade Behring, Inc. · LON System, Test, Automated, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Short Incubation
Cleared on Mar 14, 2002 after a 57-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
- Decided
- Mar 14, 2002
- Review
- 57 days
- Class
- Class II
- Product code
- LON
- Recalls
- None
- Predicates
- 0
The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
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.
| Type | Number | Device | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
| * | — | MicroScan Dried Gram Negative MIC/Combo Panels Named without a submission number |
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 LON devicesLON System, Test, Automated, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Short Incubation: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.
FDA decisions per year · LON
5in 2025
2026 to Oct 25, outlined.
Median 510(k) review, days · LON
90in 2025
Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.
Recalls per year · LON
1in 2025
Class I (2 since 2007) Class II/III not classified
Adverse event reports per year · LON
690in 2025
MAUDE reports naming product code LON, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.
View these four charts as a table
| Year | Decisions | Median 510(k) review, days | Recalls (Class I) | MAUDE reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 19 | 50 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 7 | 66 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 8 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | — | 116 | 3 |
| 2011 | 8 | 85 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 10 | 200 | 3 | 9 |
| 2013 | 7 | 115 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 90 | 2 (2) | 10 |
| 2015 | 0 | — | 0 | 41 |
| 2016 | 3 | 242 | 2 | 94 |
| 2017 | 10 | 89 | 1 | 197 |
| 2018 | 4 | 88 | 6 | 512 |
| 2019 | 8 | 84 | 1 | 315 |
| 2020 | 5 | 81 | 8 | 218 |
| 2021 | 5 | 268 | 0 | 232 |
| 2022 | 8 | 189 | 15 | 180 |
| 2023 | 11 | 210 | 0 | 453 |
| 2024 | 2 | — | 1 | 418 |
| 2025 | 5 | 90 | 1 | 690 |
| 2026 | 4 | 146 | 6 | — |
What is it indicated for?
MicroScan® Synergies plus™ Gram-Negative MIC/Combo Panel is used to determine quantitative and/or qualitative antimicrobial agent susceptibility of colonies grown on solid media of rapidly growing aerobic and facultative anaerobic Gram-Negative bacilli (Enterobacteriaceae, glucose non-fermenters, and non-Enterobacteriaceae glucose fermenters. After inoculation, panels are read on the WalkAway® S/ System or equivalent (upgraded WalkAway® 40 or WalkAway®…
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MicroScan® Synergies plus™ Gram-Negative MIC/Combo Panel is used to determine quantitative and/or qualitative antimicrobial agent susceptibility of colonies grown on solid media of rapidly growing aerobic and facultative anaerobic Gram-Negative bacilli (Enterobacteriaceae, glucose non-fermenters, and non-Enterobacteriaceae glucose fermenters. After inoculation, panels are read on the WalkAway® S/ System or equivalent (upgraded WalkAway® 40 or WalkAway® 96) according to the Package Insert.
This particular submission is for the antimicrobials Ofloxacin, Norfloxacin, Levofloxacin, Lomefloxacin, Sparfloxacin, and Ciprofloxacin on the Synergies plusm__Gram-Negative MIC/Combo Panels.
The Gram-Negative organisms which may be used for Ofloxacin (Ofl), Norfloxacin (Nxn), Levofloxacin (Lvx), Lomefloxacin (Lmf), Sparfloxacin (Sfx), and Ciprofloxacin (Cp) susceptibility testing in this panel are listed in the attached table.
Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.
https://510kreport.com/device/K020142 · printed Nov 5, 2026
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510(k) Report. “K020142: Microscan Synergies Plus.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 5, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K020142
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- FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
- Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
- Page last updated Nov 3, 2026