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Gemini E

K993623510(k) TraditionalCleared Jun 23, 2000241-day reviewClass II21 CFR 870.1875

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

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Cleared on Jun 23, 2000 after a 241-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
Jun 23, 2000
Review
241 days
Class
Class II
Product code
DQD
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K993623Source: 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
*—Simuliscope Bedside Auscultation System
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 DQD devices

DQD Stethoscope, Electronic: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · DQD

3in 2025

2007: 22008: 12009: 62010: 12011: 42012: 22013: 52015: 22016: 32017: 42018: 42019: 42020: 62021: 42022: 82023: 102024: 42025: 32026 (partial year): 6
2007high 10 (2023) · low 0 (2014)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · DQD

89in 2025

2009: 161 days median2011: 107 days median2013: 70 days median2016: 250 days median2017: 109 days median2018: 131 days median2019: 262 days median2020: 104 days median2021: 137 days median2022: 203 days median2023: 132 days median2024: 153 days median2025: 89 days median2026 (partial year): 236 days median
2007high 262 (2019) · low 70 (2013)2026

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

Recalls per year · DQD

No recall names DQD since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · DQD

1in 2024

2011: 12013: 12024: 1
2007high 1 (2011) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code DQD, 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
20072—00
20081—00
2009616100
20101—00
2011410701
20122—00
201357001
20140—00
20152—00
2016325000
2017410900
2018413100
2019426200
2020610400
2021413700
2022820300
20231013200
2024415301
202538900
202662360—

What is it indicated for?

Normal auscultation of the cardiovascular system, pulmonary system or

gastro-intestinal system by a health care professional.

Normal auscultation as above by a health care professional who wears

hearing aids.

To allow four other listeners (e.g. students) to listen together with a health

care professional.

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. “K993623: Gemini E.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K993623

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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