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Sealite Sciences, Inc. Aqualite Free T, Assay

K974551510(k) TraditionalCleared Dec 22, 199718-day reviewClass II21 CFR 862.1695

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

Sealite Sciences, Inc. · CEC Radioimmunoassay, Free Thyroxine

Cleared on Dec 22, 1997 after an 18-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
Dec 22, 1997
Review
18 days
Class
Class II
Product code
CEC
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K974551Source: 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
*—Nichols Institute Free T₄ 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 CEC devices

CEC Radioimmunoassay, Free Thyroxine: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · CEC

1in 2024

2007: 12008: 22009: 12012: 12013: 22014: 32015: 12016: 12017: 12018: 22023: 12024: 1
2007high 3 (2014) · low 0 (2010)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · CEC

238in 2014

2014: 238 days median
2007high 238 (2014)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · CEC

1in 2018

2010: 32013: 12018: 1
2007high 3 (2010) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · CEC

213in 2025

2009: 22010: 72011: 152012: 62013: 62014: 402015: 1662016: 1482017: 1962018: 1992019: 1672020: 1062021: 962022: 812023: 992024: 2762025: 213
2007high 276 (2024) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code CEC, 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
20071—00
20082—00
20091—02
20100—37
20110—015
20121—06
20132—16
20143238040
20151—0166
20161—0148
20171—0196
20182—1199
20190—0167
20200—0106
20210—096
20220—081
20231—099
20241—0276
20250—0213
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The AquaLite® FT4 Bioluminescent Immunoassay (BIA) Kit (or the AquaLite® FT4 Assay) is an in vitro diagnostic product intended for use in the quantitative measurement of FT4 in human serum in clinical laboratories. Free thyroxine measurements are used to diagnosis and treat diseases of the thyroid.

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. “K974551: Sealite Sciences, Inc. Aqualite Free T, Assay.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K974551

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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