MKQ

Processor, Cervical Cytology Slide, Automated

Product code

MKQ

Device name

Processor, Cervical Cytology Slide, Automated

Device class

Class 3

Medical specialty

Unknown

Marketing pathway

PMA

FDA classification definition

It is a system that is used to collect and prepare cervical cytology specimens for Pap stain-based screening for cervical cancer. The specimens are collected and rinsed into a liquid preservative fluid from which they are then automatically filtered and deposited in a thin-layer on a glass microscope slide. They are stained and screened by a cytotechnologist and cytopathologist.

Definition text from the FDA device classification database (U.S. federal government work, public domain).