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Recalled · Class II · 2015

Access Free T3 Assay

K960913510(k) TraditionalCleared Mar 29, 199623-day reviewClass II21 CFR 862.1710Recalls 1

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

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. · CDP Radioimmunoassay, Total Triiodothyronine

Cleared on Mar 29, 1996 after a 23-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number. It has been recalled once.

Decided
Mar 29, 1996
Review
23 days
Class
Class II
Product code
CDP
Recalls
1
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K960913Source: 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
*—Magic® 1-Free T3 Radioimmunoassay
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)

Recalls of this device

DateClassRecallRoot causeReason
Aug 31, 2015Class IIZ-0110-2016Under Investigation by firmBeckman Coulter, Inc. is recalling Access Free T3 Reagent Kit because they were filled incorrectly and contain insufficient quantity of reagents in one or more of the pack wells.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

How does its category compare?

All CDP devices

CDP Radioimmunoassay, Total Triiodothyronine: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · CDP

FDA has decided no CDP device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · CDP

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

Recalls per year · CDP

3in 2018

2013: 22014: 12015: 12017: 12018: 3
2007high 3 (2018) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · CDP

25in 2025

2010: 32011: 82012: 22013: 102014: 1112015: 1582016: 1502017: 1512018: 3652019: 3432020: 2092021: 1202022: 1232023: 1312024: 412025: 25
2007high 365 (2018) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code CDP, 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—03
20110—08
20120—02
20130—210
20140—1111
20150—1158
20160—0150
20170—1151
20180—3365
20190—0343
20200—0209
20210—0120
20220—0123
20230—0131
20240—041
20250—025
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The ACCESS® Free T3 assay is a paramagnetic particle chemiluminescent immunoassay for the quantitative determination of free trilodothyronine levels in human serum using the ACCESS® Immunoassay System. The Access® Free T3 assay aids in the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism.

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. “K960913: Access Free T3 Assay.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K960913

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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