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Philips TL 20W/01RS UV-B, Philips PL-S 9W/01/2P UV, and Philips PL-L 36W/01/4P UV-B

K021092510(k) TraditionalCleared May 16, 200242-day reviewClass II21 CFR 878.4630

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

Philips Lighting Co. · FTC Light, Ultraviolet, Dermatological

Cleared on May 16, 2002 after a 42-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
May 16, 2002
Review
42 days
Class
Class II
Product code
FTC
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K021092Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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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
*—Philips TL100W/01 UV-B
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 FTC devices

FTC Light, Ultraviolet, Dermatological: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · FTC

3in 2025

2007: 42008: 32009: 22010: 12011: 52012: 12013: 12014: 22015: 32016: 12017: 22018: 32019: 22020: 52021: 32022: 12023: 42024: 12025: 32026 (partial year): 4
2007high 5 (2011) · low 1 (2010)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · FTC

76in 2025

2007: 53 days median2008: 41 days median2011: 125 days median2015: 98 days median2018: 88 days median2020: 237 days median2021: 89 days median2023: 48 days median2025: 76 days median2026 (partial year): 91 days median
2007high 237 (2020) · low 41 (2008)2026

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

Recalls per year · FTC

3so far in 2026, the most since 2007

2008: 12025: 12026 (partial year): 3
2007high 3 (2026) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · FTC

8in 2025

2010: 22012: 12013: 12014: 12015: 82016: 22017: 22019: 142020: 42021: 482022: 42023: 52024: 42025: 8
2007high 48 (2021) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code FTC, 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
200745300
200834110
20092—00
20101—02
2011512500
20121—01
20131—01
20142—01
201539808
20161—02
20172—02
201838800
20192—014
2020523704
2021389048
20221—04
202344805
20241—04
202537618
20264913—

What is it indicated for?

The intended function of the UV-B ultraviolet lamp is therapy for Psoriasis and Vitiligo.

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. “K021092: Philips TL 20W/01RS UV-B, Philips PL-S 9W/01/2P UV, and Philips PL-L 36W/01/4P UV-B.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K021092

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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