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Birtcher UV Lamp

K973865510(k) TraditionalCleared Feb 26, 1999508-day reviewClass II21 CFR 878.4630

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

Medfaxx, Inc. · MXG Lamp, Uvc, (For Treating Skin And Wounds)

Cleared on Feb 26, 1999 after a 508-day review. FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

Decided
Feb 26, 1999
Review
508 days
Class
Class II
Product code
MXG
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K973865Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against?

FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

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 MXG devices

MXG Lamp, Uvc, (For Treating Skin And Wounds): FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · MXG

FDA has decided no MXG device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · MXG

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

Recalls per year · MXG

1in 2010

2010: 1
2007high 1 (2010) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · MXG

1in 2013

2013: 1
2007high 1 (2013) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code MXG, 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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20210—00
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20230—00
20240—00
20250—00
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The above device can be used for [illegible] of [illegible] disorders. The product is also [illegible] in the treatment of [illegible] open wounds, [illegible] for protection of [illegible] and [illegible] tissues in the wound [illegible].

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA 510(k) statement, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K973865: Birtcher UV Lamp.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K973865

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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