Cleared Traditional

LIQUICHEK OPIATE CONTROL (K093577) - FDA 510(k) Clearance

Class I Chemistry device.

Download Printable Device Report (PDF)
Optimized for regulatory review, auditing and printing
Mar 2010
Decision
114d
Days
Class 1
Risk

K093577 is an FDA 510(k) clearance for the LIQUICHEK OPIATE CONTROL. Classified as Drug Mixture Control Materials (product code DIF), Class I - General Controls.

Submitted by Bio-Rad Laboratories (Irvine, US). The FDA issued a Cleared decision on March 12, 2010 after a review of 114 days - within the typical 510(k) review window.

This device falls under the Chemistry FDA review panel, regulated under 21 CFR 862.3280 - the FDA in vitro diagnostics and chemistry framework. The Traditional 510(k) pathway establishes clearance through substantial equivalence to a legally marketed predicate device, without requiring clinical trial data.

Device pattern: Standard predicate-based submission. Standard predicate reliance. This clearance follows a standard predicate-based equivalence path within the Chemistry review framework, consistent with the majority of Class II 510(k) submissions.

View all Bio-Rad Laboratories devices

Submission Details

510(k) Number K093577 FDA.gov
FDA Decision Cleared Substantially Equivalent - Traditional 510(k) (SESE)
Date Received November 18, 2009
Decision Date March 12, 2010
Days to Decision 114 days
Submission Type Traditional
Review Panel Chemistry (CH)
Summary Summary PDF
Third-party Review No - reviewed directly by FDA
Regulatory Context
Review time vs. panel average
26d slower than avg
Panel avg: 88d · This submission: 114d
Pathway characteristics
Predicate-based equivalence.

Device Classification

Product Code DIF Drug Mixture Control Materials
Device Class Class 1 - General Controls
CFR Regulation 21 CFR 862.3280
What this classification means

Class I devices are subject to general controls only and most are exempt from 510(k) premarket notification. They represent the lowest regulatory burden in the FDA device framework.

Regulatory Peers - DIF Drug Mixture Control Materials

All 201
Devices cleared under the same product code (DIF) and FDA review panel - the closest regulatory comparables to K093577.
EMIT IIC NEGATIVE CONTROL, CONTROL I AND II
K935230 · Syva Co. · Jan 1994
DADE(R) IMMUNOASSAY CONTROLS, LEVELS I, II, III
K892380 · Baxter Healthcare Corp · Feb 1990
EMIT (R) HVA NEGATIVE URINE
K883210 · Syva Co. · Sep 1988
DADE TDM CONTROL
K883190 · Baxter Healthcare Corp · Sep 1988
EMIT HVA CONTROL KIT
K881944 · Syva Co. · Jul 1988
STRATUS(R) IMMUNOASSAY CONTROLS LEVELS I, II, III
K874757 · Baxter Healthcare Corp · Feb 1988