Whole Slide Imaging System
PSY is the FDA product code for Whole Slide Imaging System, a class II device type, regulated under 21 CFR 864.3700. FDA's definition for this code reads: "The whole slide imaging system is an automated digital slide creation, viewing, and management system intended as an aid to the pathologist to review and interpret digital images of surgical pathology slides prepared from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue. The system generates digital images that would...". As of , FDA records hold 23 510(k) clearances under this code, the most recent dated , and 2 recalls.
Classification record
- Product code
- PSY
- Device name
- Whole Slide Imaging System
- FDA definition
- The whole slide imaging system is an automated digital slide creation, viewing, and management system intended as an aid to the pathologist to review and interpret digital images of surgical pathology slides prepared from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue. The system generates digital images that would otherwise be appropriate for manual visualization by conventional brightfield microscopy. The whole slide imaging system is not intended for use with slides prepared from frozen tissue, cytology, and non-FFPE hematopathology specimens (e.g., peripheral blood smear).
- Regulation
- 21 CFR 864.3700
- Device class
- Class II
- Review panel
- Pathology
- Submission type
- 510(k)
- Implant
- No
- Life sustaining or supporting
- No
- GMP exempt
- No
- Third party review eligible
- No
- Ingested clearances
- 23
- Ingested recalls
- 2
Clearances, product code PSY
By decision yearShow the numbers
| Year | Clearances |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 | 4 |
Applicants with the most clearances
Product code PSY| Applicant | Clearances |
|---|---|
| Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V. | 7 |
| Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | 4 |
| Leica Biosystems Imaging, Inc. | 3 |
| Ventana Medical Systems Inc | 2 |
| Barco N.V. | 1 |
| Indica Labs LLC | 1 |
| Philips Electronics Nederland B.V. | 1 |
| Proscia, Inc. | 1 |
| Sectra AB | 1 |
| Shandon Diagnostics Limited | 1 |
Companies listing this code with FDA
Companies whose registered establishments list this code- Barco N.V.
- Barco S.r.l.
- Carl Zeiss CMP GmbH
- FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation
- Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Systems Division
- Leica Biosystems Imaging, Inc.
- Leica Instruments (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Paige.ai, Inc
- Philips Electronics Ltd
- Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V.
- Proscia, Inc.
- Shandon Diagnostics Limited
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