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VERIFY Incubator for Assert Self Contained Biological Indicators

K163587510(k) TraditionalCleared Mar 24, 201794-day reviewClass II21 CFR 880.2805

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

STERIS Corporation · OWP Biological Sterilization Process Indicator With Recombinant-Dna Plasmid

Cleared on Mar 24, 2017 as substantially equivalent to DEN110006 (STERIS Corporation, 2013) after a 94-day review. Its family tree reaches back 1 generation to 2013.

Decided
Mar 24, 2017
Review
94 days
Class
Class II
Product code
OWP
Recalls
None
Predicates
1

Its longest line of descent runs back 1 generation to DEN110006 (2013). No later device cites it as a predicate yet.

  1. Root · 1 generation backDEN110006 Verify Cronos Self-Contained Biological IndicatorSTERIS Corporation · 2013
  2. This deviceK163587 VERIFY Incubator for Assert Self Contained Biological IndicatorsSTERIS Corporation · 2017
View FIG. 1 as a table

Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
−1DEN110006Verify Cronos Self-Contained Biological IndicatorSTERIS Corporation2013—
0 (this device)K163587VERIFY Incubator for Assert Self Contained Biological IndicatorsSTERIS Corporation2017—
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K163587, 2013–2017Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · 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
*DEN110006Verify Cronos Self-Contained Biological Indicator
Our reading of the summary gave K102469, which is not in FDA’s 510(k) list. The device the summary names is FDA’s De Novo DEN110006, Verify Cronos Self-Contained Biological Indicator (STERIS Corporation), granted Jul 12, 2013; older De Novo requests were first filed under a 510(k) number, so this links to the grant.
STERIS Corporation2013—
†K1235463M Attest (TM) Auto-Reader3M Company20131

Also cleared against DEN110006: 1 other 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.

What does this lineage say?

  • Its one ancestor has no recall.
  • 1 other device also cites its predicate DEN110006.

How does its category compare?

All OWP devices

OWP Biological Sterilization Process Indicator With Recombinant-Dna Plasmid: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years. 2017, this device’s year, is highlighted.

FDA decisions per year · OWP

1in 2018

2013: 12017: 32018: 1
2007high 3 (2017) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · OWP

177in 2017

2017: 177 days median
2007high 177 (2017)2026

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

Recalls per year · OWP

No recall names OWP since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · OWP

2in 2022

2017: 12018: 22022: 2
2007high 2 (2018) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code OWP, 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
20131—00
20140—00
20150—00
20160—00
2017317701
20181—02
20190—00
20200—00
20210—00
20220—02
20230—00
20240—00
20250—00
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

Use the VERIFY® Incubator for Assert™ Self Contained Biological Indicators SCBI (Incubator) to incubate and automatically read VERIFY Assert Self-Contained Biological Indicators at 57 °C for a fluorescent result within 40 minutes.

Indications for use as stated in the FDA summary.

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510(k) Report. “K163587: VERIFY Incubator for Assert Self Contained Biological Indicators.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K163587

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