510(k) · Cleared
Recalled · 2004Sigma Diagnostics Thrombomax with Calcium
Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly
Sigma Diagnostics, Inc. · GJS Test, Time, Prothrombin
Cleared on Oct 10, 1997 after a 74-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number. It has been recalled once.
- Decided
- Oct 10, 1997
- Review
- 74 days
- Class
- Class II
- Product code
- GJS
- Recalls
- 1
- 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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| * | — | Sigma Thromboplastin-XS 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
| Date | Class | Recall | Root cause | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2004 | Not classified | Z-0261-05 | Other | Prolongation of Prothrombin times in patient samples, resulting in a falsely elevated INR value. |
No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.
How does its category compare?
All GJS devicesGJS Test, Time, Prothrombin: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.
FDA decisions per year · GJS
3in 2025
2026 to Oct 25, outlined.
Median 510(k) review, days · GJS
60in 2025
Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.
Recalls per year · GJS
1in 2022
Class I (5 since 2007) Class II/III not classified
Adverse event reports per year · GJS
105in 2025
MAUDE reports naming product code GJS, 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 | 4 | 77 | 5 | 439 |
| 2008 | 1 | — | 3 | 420 |
| 2009 | 0 | — | 4 | 876 |
| 2010 | 4 | 168 | 2 | 2,177 |
| 2011 | 0 | — | 1 | 2,965 |
| 2012 | 1 | — | 1 | 2,198 |
| 2013 | 1 | — | 1 | 2,584 |
| 2014 | 1 | — | 4 (3) | 2,397 |
| 2015 | 0 | — | 0 | 1,260 |
| 2016 | 1 | — | 0 | 864 |
| 2017 | 1 | — | 5 | 532 |
| 2018 | 2 | — | 3 (2) | 1,958 |
| 2019 | 2 | — | 0 | 2,385 |
| 2020 | 1 | — | 2 | 1,390 |
| 2021 | 0 | — | 1 | 1,359 |
| 2022 | 3 | 399 | 1 | 1,210 |
| 2023 | 2 | — | 0 | 809 |
| 2024 | 1 | — | 0 | 177 |
| 2025 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 105 |
| 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
What is it indicated for?
Sigma Diagnostics ThromboMAX™ with Calcium is a device used as a general screening procedure for the detection of possible clotting factor deficiencies in the extrinsic coagulation pathway which involves the reaction between coagulation factors lil and VII, and to monitor patients receiving coumarin therapy (the administration of one of the coumarin anticoagulants in the treatment of venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism).
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/K972796 · printed Nov 6, 2026
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510(k) Report. “K972796: Sigma Diagnostics Thrombomax with Calcium.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K972796
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- Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
- Page last updated Nov 3, 2026