510(k) · Cleared
ClearedHylashield CL
Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly
Biomatrix, Inc. · MRC Products, Contact Lens Care, Rigid Gas Permeable
Cleared on Mar 2, 2000 after an 83-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
- Decided
- Mar 2, 2000
- Review
- 83 days
- Class
- Class II
- Product code
- MRC
- Recalls
- None
- 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? (2)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| * | — | Wet-N-Soak® Rewetting Drops Named without a submission number | |
| * | — | OPTIMUM by Lobob® Wetting/Rewetting Drops 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 MRC devicesMRC Products, Contact Lens Care, Rigid Gas Permeable: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.
FDA decisions per year · MRC
1in 2025
2026 to Oct 25, outlined.
Median 510(k) review, days · MRC
51in 2018
Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.
Recalls per year · MRC
1in 2021
Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified
Adverse event reports per year · MRC
72in 2025
MAUDE reports naming product code MRC, 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 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | — | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | — | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | — | 0 | 72 |
| 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
What is it indicated for?
Hylashield® CL Lubricating Eye Drops are indicated for lubricating and wetting/rewetting rigid gas permeable contact lenses.
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/K994170 · printed Nov 4, 2026
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510(k) Report. “K994170: Hylashield CL.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K994170
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- FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
- Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
- Page last updated Nov 3, 2026