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Elements Diagnostic Unit

K021298510(k) TraditionalCleared Jun 19, 200256-day reviewClass II21 CFR 872.1720

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

Sybron Endo/Analytic · EAT Tester, Pulp

Cleared on Jun 19, 2002 after a 56-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
Jun 19, 2002
Review
56 days
Class
Class II
Product code
EAT
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K021298Source: 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
*—Sybron Endo/Analytic, Endo Analyzer, Model 8005, Modified
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 EAT devices

EAT Tester, Pulp: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · EAT

FDA has decided no EAT device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · EAT

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

Recalls per year · EAT

No recall names EAT since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · EAT

2in 2024

2013: 52014: 12021: 12024: 2
2007high 5 (2013) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code EAT, 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
20070—00
20080—00
20090—00
20100—00
20110—00
20120—00
20130—05
20140—01
20150—00
20160—00
20170—00
20180—00
20190—00
20200—00
20210—01
20220—00
20230—00
20240—02
20250—00
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The intended use of the Elements Diagnostic Unit is to be used in dentistry to test the vitality of a tooth and to locate the apical foramen of a root canal in conjunction with endodontic root canal treatment.

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. “K021298: Elements Diagnostic Unit.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K021298

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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