Predicate Watch — June 2026

311 devices cleared in June 2026. 112 of them named another company's device as the predicate they claim substantial equivalence to, across 89 distinct incumbents.

FDA does not publish predicate citations as data — they exist only as text inside each submission's PDF. Everything below is extracted from those documents and every claim carries its K-numbers so you can check it.

Cited for the first time

These companies had a device named as a predicate by an outside firm for the first time. Someone has decided their product is the thing to be equivalent to.

Drawing the most competitive interest

Entering the US market

Non-US firms clearing devices against US incumbents' predicates.

Oldest predicates still in use

Devices cleared this month on the back of decades-old clearances.


Check any company's full citation list at prediget.com. Method: 510(k) summary PDFs parsed for predicate sections; same-corporate-family citations excluded.

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