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Lectron II Conductive Gel/Cadwell Electrode Gel

K933804510(k) TraditionalCleared Mar 22, 1994230-day reviewClass II21 CFR 882.1275

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

Cadwell Laboratories, Inc. · GYB Media, Electroconductive

Cleared on Mar 22, 1994 after a 230-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known. 803 later devices descend from it.

Decided
Mar 22, 1994
Review
230 days
Class
Class II
Product code
GYB
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

803 later devices descend from it, 3 citing it directly.

Descendants, by year cleared 2023: 52 descendants cleared2002: 2 descendants cleared2004: 3 descendants cleared2003: 5 descendants cleared2010: 21 descendants cleared2006: 6 descendants cleared2008: 24 descendants cleared2005: 5 descendants cleared2025: 91 descendants cleared2012: 19 descendants cleared2009: 20 descendants cleared2007: 13 descendants cleared2016: 46 descendants cleared2026: 56 descendants cleared2020: 46 descendants cleared2013: 28 descendants cleared2014: 31 descendants cleared2011: 15 descendants cleared2015: 32 descendants cleared2017: 42 descendants cleared2018: 36 descendants cleared2022: 60 descendants cleared2019: 30 descendants cleared2021: 42 descendants cleared2024: 78 descendants cleared1990200020102020
  1. This deviceK933804 Lectron II Conductive Gel/Cadwell Electrode GelCadwell Laboratories, Inc. · 1994
  2. Descendant · cites it directly · 799 of its ownK013639 Thermage Thermacool TC SystemThermage, Inc. · 2002
  3. Descendant · cites it directly · 789 of its ownK021402 Thermage Thermacool TC SystemThermage, Inc. · 2002
  4. Descendant · 2 generations on · 773 of its ownK030142 Thermacool TC SystemThermage, Inc. · 2003
  5. Descendant · 3 generations on · 678 of its ownK031671 Polaris WRSyneron Medical, Ltd. · 2003
  6. Descendant · 2 generations on · 527 of its ownK033942 Thermage Thermacool SystemThermage, Inc. · 2004

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Descendants cleared per year

2002: 22003: 52004: 32005: 52006: 62007: 132008: 242009: 202010: 212011: 152012: 192013: 282014: 312015: 322016: 462017: 422018: 362019: 302020: 462021: 422022: 602023: 522024: 782025: 912026: 56
2002high 91 (2025) · low 2 (2002)2026

Most influential descendants

Showing 5 of 803 · See all
  • K013639Thermage Thermacool TC SystemThermage, Inc. · 2002 · cites it directly799descendants
  • K021402Thermage Thermacool TC SystemThermage, Inc. · 2002 · cites it directly789descendants
  • K030142Thermacool TC SystemThermage, Inc. · 2003 · 2 generations on773descendants
  • K031671Polaris WRSyneron Medical, Ltd. · 2003 · 3 generations on678descendants
  • K033942Thermage Thermacool SystemThermage, Inc. · 2004 · 2 generations on527descendants
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
0 (this device)K933804Lectron II Conductive Gel/Cadwell Electrode GelCadwell Laboratories, Inc.1994—
+1K013639Thermage Thermacool TC SystemThermage, Inc.2002—
+1K021402Thermage Thermacool TC SystemThermage, Inc.2002—
+2K030142Thermacool TC SystemThermage, Inc.2003—
+3K031671Polaris WRSyneron Medical, Ltd.2003—
+2K033942Thermage Thermacool SystemThermage, Inc.2004—

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
200220
200350
200430
200550
200660
2007130
2008240
2009200
2010210
2011150
2012190
2013280
2014310
2015320
2016460
2017420
2018360
2019300
2020460
2021420
2022600
2023520
2024780
2025910
2026560
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K933804, 1994–2026Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against?

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

What descends from it? (803)

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3 later devices cite it directly; ranked here by how many devices descend from each in turn.

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K013639Thermage Thermacool TC SystemThermage, Inc.2002799
K021402Thermage Thermacool TC SystemThermage, Inc.2002789
K230506PureLift Pro EditionXtreem Pulse20232

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?

  • Of its descendants, K013639 (Thermage, Inc., 2002) has gone furthest, with 799 descendants of its own.

How does its category compare?

All GYB devices

GYB Media, Electroconductive: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · GYB

1in 2025

2012: 12016: 12017: 12019: 12020: 32021: 22022: 32023: 12025: 1
2007high 3 (2020) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · GYB

101in 2022

2020: 198 days median2022: 101 days median
2007high 198 (2020) · low 101 (2022)2026

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

Recalls per year · GYB

1in 2021

2021: 1, 1 Class I
2007high 1 (2021) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I (1 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · GYB

2in 2025

2007: 92008: 42009: 32010: 72011: 102012: 152013: 22014: 52015: 32016: 32017: 42018: 22019: 32020: 22021: 42022: 42023: 62024: 42025: 2
2007high 15 (2012) · low 2 (2013)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code GYB, 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—09
20080—04
20090—03
20100—07
20110—010
20121—015
20130—02
20140—05
20150—03
20161—03
20171—04
20180—02
20191—03
2020319802
20212—1 (1)4
2022310104
20231—06
20240—04
20251—02
20260—0—
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510(k) Report. “K933804: Lectron II Conductive Gel/Cadwell Electrode Gel.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 5, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K933804

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  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026