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Sigma Diagnostics CO2ALKALINE Buffer

K963538510(k) TraditionalCleared Oct 11, 199637-day reviewClass II21 CFR 862.1160

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

Sigma Diagnostics, Inc. · JFL Ph Rate Measurement, Carbon-Dioxide

Cleared on Oct 11, 1996 after a 37-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
Oct 11, 1996
Review
37 days
Class
Class II
Product code
JFL
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K963538Source: 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
*—Beckman CO₂ Alkaline Buffer Kit, Part No. 443320
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 JFL devices

JFL Ph Rate Measurement, Carbon-Dioxide: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · JFL

1in 2020

2020: 1
2007high 1 (2020) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · JFL

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

Recalls per year · JFL

No recall names JFL since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · JFL

2in 2011

2010: 12011: 2
2007high 2 (2011) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code JFL, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
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What is it indicated for?

Both CO₂ alkaline buffers are used to measure carbon dioxide concentrations in serum or plasma on the SYNCHRON CX®3 System.

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. “K963538: Sigma Diagnostics CO2ALKALINE Buffer.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K963538

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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