510(k) · Cleared
ClearedSpectra Science Biopsy Forceps
Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly
Spectrascience, Inc. · FCL Forceps, Biopsy, Non-Electric
Cleared on Dec 2, 1996 after a 90-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
- Decided
- Dec 2, 1996
- Review
- 90 days
- Class
- Class I
- Product code
- FCL
- Recalls
- None
- Predicates
- 0
The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), the FDA summary (predicates and indications), FDA recall and enforcement reports, and MAUDE; processed by 510(k) Report. Verify on FDA.gov · Methodology and accuracy.
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- Recall history across each candidate’s familyin the report
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.
| Type | Number | Device | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
| * | — | U.S. Endoscopy Group Inc., Disposable Biopsy Forceps Model #00711206 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 FCL devicesFCL Forceps, Biopsy, Non-Electric: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.
FDA decisions per year · FCL
FDA has decided no FCL device since 2007.
Median 510(k) review, days · FCL
Too few FCL 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.
Recalls per year · FCL
3in 2010
Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified
Adverse event reports per year · FCL
55in 2025
MAUDE reports naming product code FCL, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.
View these four charts as a table
| Year | Decisions | Median 510(k) review, days | Recalls (Class I) | MAUDE reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0 | — | 0 | 58 |
| 2008 | 0 | — | 0 | 153 |
| 2009 | 0 | — | 0 | 410 |
| 2010 | 0 | — | 3 | 495 |
| 2011 | 0 | — | 0 | 377 |
| 2012 | 0 | — | 0 | 97 |
| 2013 | 0 | — | 0 | 58 |
| 2014 | 0 | — | 0 | 86 |
| 2015 | 0 | — | 0 | 51 |
| 2016 | 0 | — | 0 | 64 |
| 2017 | 0 | — | 0 | 275 |
| 2018 | 0 | — | 0 | 69 |
| 2019 | 0 | — | 0 | 69 |
| 2020 | 0 | — | 0 | 53 |
| 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | 30 |
| 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | 70 |
| 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | 68 |
| 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | 60 |
| 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | 55 |
| 2026 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
What is it indicated for?
The SpectraScience Biopsy Forceps are designed specifically to provide adjunctive illumination while collecting tissue endoscopically for histologic examination. The instruments are intended for endoscopic gastrointestinal and urologic biopsy and should not be used for any purpose other than their intended function.
Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.
https://510kreport.com/device/K963517 · printed Nov 5, 2026
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510(k) Report. “K963517: Spectra Science Biopsy Forceps.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 5, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K963517
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- FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
- Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
- Page last updated Nov 3, 2026