510(k) Report

FDA product code · Clinical chemistry

Tubes, Vacuum Sample, With Anticoagulant

GIMClass II21 CFR 862.1675510(k) required39 decisions since 19764 recalls

39 FDA decisions since 1976. 510(k) reviews decided 2021–2025 took a median of 277 days (half between 268 and 459). 4 recalls name this code, 0 of them Class I. The most-cited predicate is K896514, named by 2 later devices.

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

FIG. A — Illustration, clinical chemistry panel

Twenty years of GIM at a glance: how often FDA decides these devices, how long 510(k) reviews take, how often they are recalled, and how many adverse event reports name the code.

FDA decisions per year · GIM

1in 2024

2008: 12017: 12023: 22024: 1
2007high 2 (2023) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · GIM

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

Recalls per year · GIM

1in 2025

2012: 12025: 1
2007high 1 (2012) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · GIM

641in 2025

2009: 12010: 12011: 12012: 32016: 22017: 122018: 2762019: 1452020: 1472021: 552022: 422023: 332024: 3162025: 641
2007high 641 (2025) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code GIM, 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
20070—00
20081—00
20090—01
20100—01
20110—01
20120—13
20130—00
20140—00
20150—00
20160—02
20171—012
20180—0276
20190—0145
20200—0147
20210—055
20220—042
20232—033
20241—0316
20250—1641
20260—0—
FIG. 1 — GIM by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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