← Product Code [EBZ](/submissions/DE/subpart-g%E2%80%94miscellaneous-devices/EBZ) · K012134 # GC E-LIGHT (K012134) _GC America, Inc. · EBZ · Aug 7, 2001 · Dental · SESE_ **Canonical URL:** https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/DE/subpart-g%E2%80%94miscellaneous-devices/EBZ/K012134 ## Device Facts - **Applicant:** GC America, Inc. - **Product Code:** [EBZ](/submissions/DE/subpart-g%E2%80%94miscellaneous-devices/EBZ.md) - **Decision Date:** Aug 7, 2001 - **Decision:** SESE - **Submission Type:** Traditional - **Regulation:** 21 CFR 872.6070 - **Device Class:** Class 2 - **Review Panel:** Dental - **Attributes:** Therapeutic ## Intended Use Source of illumination for curing visible light cured dental materials such as composites and resin cements. ## Device Story GC E-Light is a dental curing light used by dental professionals to polymerize light-activated restorative materials. The device provides a source of illumination to initiate the curing process of composites and resin cements. It is intended for use in a clinical environment to facilitate dental procedures requiring light-cured materials. The device output allows the clinician to harden dental resins, directly affecting the setting time and structural integrity of dental restorations. ## Clinical Evidence No clinical data provided; bench testing only. ## Technological Characteristics Dental curing light; visible light source for polymerization of dental materials; standalone device; intended for clinical use. ## Regulatory Identification An ultraviolet activator for polymerization is a device that produces ultraviolet radiation intended to polymerize (set) resinous dental pit and fissure sealants or restorative materials by transmission of light through a rod. ## Submission Summary (Full Text) > This content was OCRed from public FDA records by [Innolitics](https://innolitics.com). 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AUG - 7 2001 Food and Drug Administration 9200 Corporate Boulevard Rockville MD 20850 Mr. Terry L. Joritz Director of Requlatory Affairs & Quality Control GC America, Incorporated 3737 West 127th Street Alsip, Illinois 60803 Re : K012134 Trade/Device Name: GC E-Light Requlation Number: 872.6070 Regulatory Class: II Product Code: EBZ Dated: July 6, 2001 Received: July 9, 2001 Dear Mr. Joritz: We have reviewed your Section 510(k) notification of intent to market the device referenced above and we have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to legally marketed predicate devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments, or to devices that have been reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions of the Act. 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Ulatowski Director Division of Dental, Infection Control and General Hospital Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health Enclosure {2}------------------------------------------------ ## KO12134 510(k) Number (if known): Ko 12 12 12 12 4 Device Name: GC e-Light_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ## Indications For Use: Source of illumination for curing visible light cured dental materials such Source of firmination for caring views in one cements. ## (PLEASE DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE - CONTINUE ON ANOTHER PAGE IF NEEDED) ## Concurrence of CDRH, Office of Device Evaluation (ODE) Prescription Use (Per 21 CFR 801.109) OR Over-The-Counter Use__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Optional Formal 1-2-96) (Division Sign-Off) Division of Dental, Infection Control, and General Hospital Devig 510(k) Number . --- **Source:** [https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/DE/subpart-g%E2%80%94miscellaneous-devices/EBZ/K012134](https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/DE/subpart-g%E2%80%94miscellaneous-devices/EBZ/K012134) **Published by [Innolitics](https://innolitics.com)** — a medical-device software consultancy. 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