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Fluorex Ultra (Flusilfocon E) Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lens

K991781510(k) TraditionalCleared Jun 29, 199935-day reviewClass II21 CFR 886.5916

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

G.T. Laboratories, Inc. · HQD Lens, Contact (Other Material) - Daily

Cleared on Jun 29, 1999 after a 35-day review; its predicate, P880001, is listed below.

Decided
Jun 29, 1999
Review
35 days
Class
Class II
Product code
HQD
Recalls
None
Predicates
1

The summary cites one number, which could not be confirmed as its predicate (see the table below).

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K991781Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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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.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*P880001Fluorex (TM) 600 (Flursilfocon a)
FDA lists this PMA only through its supplements; the earliest we hold is P880001/S001 (Nov 10, 1988).
Summary page 1
…so presbyopic. The sponsor considers these lenses to be substantially equivalent to Fluorex® 700 (flusilfocon A) Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses, approved under PMA #P880001. The -attached table summarizes the comparison of the new material to the predicate device. 194 Fluorex® Ultra…
G.T. Laboratories, Inc.—

Also cleared against P880001: 1 other device →

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.

What does this lineage say?

  • 1 other device also cites its predicate P880001.

How does its category compare?

All HQD devices

HQD Lens, Contact (Other Material) - Daily: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · HQD

5in 2024

2007: 42008: 52009: 22011: 22012: 22014: 12016: 72017: 92018: 52019: 22020: 12021: 32022: 32023: 32024: 52026 (partial year): 1
2007high 9 (2017) · low 0 (2010)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · HQD

80in 2024

2007: 78 days median2008: 100 days median2016: 119 days median2017: 66 days median2018: 53 days median2021: 123 days median2022: 29 days median2023: 77 days median2024: 80 days median
2007high 123 (2021) · low 29 (2022)2026

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

Recalls per year · HQD

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 · HQD

2in 2025

2007: 62008: 82009: 122010: 22011: 72012: 102013: 152014: 262015: 52016: 12017: 32019: 52020: 22021: 32022: 32023: 82024: 32025: 2
2007high 26 (2014) · low 0 (2018)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code HQD, 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
200747806
2008510008
20092—012
20100—12
20112—07
20122—010
20130—015
20141—026
20150—05
2016711901
201796603
201855300
20192—05
20201—02
2021312303
202232903
202337708
202458003
20250—02
20261—0—

What is it indicated for?

The Fluorex® Ultra (flusilfocon E) Spherical Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses are indicated for daily wear for the correction of visual acuity in not-aphakic persons with non-diseased eyes that are myopic, hyperopic and which may exhibit astigmatism of 1.50 diopters or less that does not interfere with visual acuity.

The Fluorex® Ultra (flusilfocon E) Translating Bifocal and Trifocal Contact Lenses are indicated for daily wear for the correction of visual acuity in not-aphakic persons with non-diseased presbyopic eyes that are myopic or hyperopic and which may exhibit astigmatism of 3.50 diopters or less that does not interfere with visual acuity.

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. “K991781: Fluorex Ultra (Flusilfocon E) Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lens.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K991781

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Lineage and recalls computed Nov 3, 2026
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026