510(k) Report

FDA product code · Neurology

Full-Montage Standard Electroencephalograph

GWQClass II21 CFR 882.1400510(k) required189 decisions since 197718 recalls

189 FDA decisions since 1977. 510(k) reviews decided 2021–2025 took a median of 196 days (half between 104 and 270). 18 recalls name this code, 0 of them Class I. The most-cited predicate is K991054, named by 9 later devices.

Acquire, display, store, and archive electroencephalographic signals from the brain using a full montage array (i.e., 16 or more electrodes) and user-specified locations

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, neurology panel

Twenty years of GWQ 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 · GWQ

1in 2024

2007: 12008: 22010: 32011: 42012: 42013: 22014: 22015: 32016: 32017: 52018: 82020: 62022: 32023: 62024: 12026 (partial year): 2
2007high 8 (2018) · low 0 (2009)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · GWQ

137in 2023

2010: 73 days median2011: 220 days median2012: 208 days median2015: 276 days median2016: 50 days median2017: 181 days median2018: 150 days median2020: 216 days median2022: 216 days median2023: 137 days median
2007high 276 (2015) · low 50 (2016)2026

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

Recalls per year · GWQ

1in 2020

2007: 52008: 22009: 12010: 12015: 22019: 22020: 12026 (partial year): 1
2007high 5 (2007) · low 0 (2011)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · GWQ

13in 2025

2007: 112008: 82009: 72010: 122011: 62012: 92013: 42014: 72015: 132016: 282017: 172018: 152019: 162020: 302021: 202022: 162023: 202024: 172025: 13
2007high 30 (2020) · low 4 (2013)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code GWQ, 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—511
20082—28
20090—17
2010373112
2011422006
2012420809
20132—04
20142—07
20153276213
2016350028
20175181017
20188150015
20190—216
20206216130
20210—020
20223216016
20236137020
20241—017
20250—013
20262—1—
FIG. 1 — GWQ by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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