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Sealite Sciences, Inc. Aqualite Prolactin

K970188510(k) TraditionalCleared Feb 20, 199734-day reviewClass I21 CFR 862.1625

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

Sealite Sciences, Inc. · CFT Radioimmunoassay, Prolactin (Lactogen)

Cleared on Feb 20, 1997 after a 34-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
Feb 20, 1997
Review
34 days
Class
Class I
Product code
CFT
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K970188Source: 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
*—Chiron Diagnostics ACS 180 Prolactin assay
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 CFT devices

CFT Radioimmunoassay, Prolactin (Lactogen): FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · CFT

FDA has decided no CFT device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · CFT

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

Recalls per year · CFT

1in 2018

2009: 12018: 1
2007high 1 (2009) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · CFT

23in 2025

2009: 22010: 12011: 42012: 42014: 12016: 62017: 182018: 272019: 122020: 202021: 232022: 292023: 272024: 252025: 23
2007high 29 (2022) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code CFT, 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—12
20100—01
20110—04
20120—04
20130—00
20140—01
20150—00
20160—06
20170—018
20180—127
20190—012
20200—020
20210—023
20220—029
20230—027
20240—025
20250—023
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The AquaLite® Prolactin Bioluminescent Immunoassay (BIA) Kit (or the AquaLite® Prolactin assay) is intended to be used in clinical laboratories for the quantitative determination of human prolactin levels in sera and plasma. The AquaLite® Prolactin assay is for in vitro diagnostic use.

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. “K970188: Sealite Sciences, Inc. Aqualite Prolactin.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K970188

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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