# Automated System For Sample Preparation And Identification Of Microorganisms From Cultured Isolates By Mass Spectrometry
> **Product code: QQV** · Class II — Moderate Risk (510(k) clearance required) · Microbiology · 21 CFR 866.3378
## Classification
- **FDA Product Code:** QQV
- **Device class:** Class II — Moderate Risk (510(k) clearance required)
- **Regulation:** 21 CFR 866.3378
- **Review panel:** MI
- **Medical specialty:** Microbiology
- **Submission type:** 1
- **GMP exempt:** N
- **Life sustaining:** N
- **Implant:** N
- **Third-party review:** N
## Definition

An automated in vitro diagnostic system to prepare colonies of microorganisms grown on solid culture media from human specimens for qualitative identification and differentiation using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS).

## Market data
- **Cleared 510(k) submissions:** 4
- **Registered establishments:** 4
## Source
- [FDA Device Classification](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpcd/classification.cfm?ID=QQV)
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