510(k) K871533

TOMTEC GRAM STAINER DECOLORIZER by Remel Co. — Product Code PPM

K871533 is an FDA 510(k) premarket notification submitted by Remel Co. for the device "TOMTEC GRAM STAINER DECOLORIZER". The FDA issued a decision of Substantially Equivalent on April 29, 1987. The device falls under product code PPM (General Purpose Reagent), a Class I device regulated under 21 CFR 864.4010. Remel Co. has at least 10 other 510(k) clearances on record.

Clearance Details

Decision
SESE (Substantially Equivalent)
Decision Date
April 29, 1987
Date Received
April 20, 1987
Clearance Type
Traditional
Expedited Review
No
Third Party Review
No

Device Classification

Device Name
General Purpose Reagent
Device Class
Class I
Regulation Number
864.4010
Review Panel
PA
Submission Type

A general purpose reagent is a chemical reagent that has general laboratory application, that is used to collect, prepare, and examine specimens from the human body for diagnostic purposes, and that is not labeled or otherwise intended for a specific diagnostic application. It may be either an individual substance, or multiple substances reformulated, which, when combined with or used in conjunction with an appropriate analyte specific reagent (ASR) and other general purpose reagents, is part of a diagnostic test procedure or system constituting a finished in vitro diagnostic (IVD) test.