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Cleared

Freshcells, Hep-2

K962780510(k) TraditionalCleared Aug 29, 199643-day reviewClass I21 CFR 864.2280

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

Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc. · KIR Cells, Animal And Human, Cultured

Cleared on Aug 29, 1996 after a 43-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
Aug 29, 1996
Review
43 days
Class
Class I
Product code
KIR
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K962780Source: 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
*—BioWhittaker cell cultures
Named without a submission number
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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 KIR devices

KIR Cells, Animal And Human, Cultured: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · KIR

FDA has decided no KIR device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · KIR

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

Recalls per year · KIR

1in 2009

2009: 1
2007high 1 (2009) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · KIR

1in 2009

2009: 1
2007high 1 (2009) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code KIR, 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
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20150—00
20160—00
20170—00
20180—00
20190—00
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20240—00
20250—00
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

Cell cultures to be used for specific virus isolation and identification. The subject of this 510(k) Notification, the cell 1line, HEp-2, is susceptible to and can be used in the isclation and confirmation of the following viruses from clinical samples:

Adenovirus Parainfluenza

HSV Poliovirus

Coxsackie B RSV

Measles

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. “K962780: Freshcells, Hep-2.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K962780

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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