FDA-cleared profile

ClearRead CT

RIVERAIN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

ClearRead CT is a post-processing adjunct for detecting pulmonary nodules on chest CT in an asymptomatic population; it generates a secondary vessel-suppressed lung CT with CADe marks and region descriptors and must be reviewed with the original CT series.

Evidence status: each field shows source quality, applicability, and review date. Research pending, information not established in reviewed sources, and vendor documentation pending are distinct outcomes.

Clinical fit

What this tool is for

Start with the authorized purpose, then verify how it fits your service line and reading workflow.

Exact purpose
ClearRead CT is a post-processing adjunct for detecting pulmonary nodules on chest CT in an asymptomatic population; it generates a secondary vessel-suppressed lung CT with CADe marks and region descriptors and must be reviewed with the original CT series.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04
Intended users
Radiologists and other trained professionals responsible for chest CT interpretation.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04
Care setting and population
Chest CT interpretation workflows in hospitals and diagnostic-imaging facilities.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04
Workflow role
Post-processing and concurrent review support for pulmonary-nodule detection on chest CT.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04
Required input
Previously acquired chest CT studies with both lungs in the field of view.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04
Output and human action
A secondary vessel-suppressed lung CT with CADe marks and region descriptors for review alongside the original CT series.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04
Limitations
ClearRead CT is an adjunct and must not be used without the original CT series. The cleared indication is for an asymptomatic population and requires both lungs in the field of view; radiologist judgment remains required.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04

Regulatory identity

FDA record and catalog context

The FDA listing establishes the regulatory identity. It does not by itself establish local workflow fit, pricing, security, or performance in your environment.

FDA submission
K161201
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
Modality
CT/CTA
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04
Anatomy
Chest/lungs
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04
Clearance type
510(k)
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
Decision date
2016-09-09
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
FDA status
FDA-cleared
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31

Implementation

Questions for IT, informatics, and operations

Use these fields to structure a vendor demo, security review, and implementation estimate.

Integration
The FDA package describes CT post-processing and secondary-series output; exact DICOM routing, archive behavior, and local worklist integration require testing.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04
Deployment and data flow
Not established in reviewed sources
Reviewed sources checked Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04

The exact installed deployment, hosting, service, and operational boundary is not established by the reviewed public FDA material.

Security and privacy
Not established in reviewed sources
Reviewed sources checked Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04

The FDA decision material does not establish the complete security posture for the exact product and deployment. Obtain architecture, identity, audit, encryption, retention, support-access, vulnerability-management, and incident-response evidence.

Training and support
Only radiologists and other trained professionals responsible for chest ct interpretation. should operate or interpret this product. Local onboarding must cover the exact release, supported population, limitations, failure examples, escalation, downtime, and competency documentation.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04
Monitoring and change control
Monitor K161201 by exact software, hardware, model, and algorithm version; patient population; anatomy; protocol; operator; input quality; output edits or overrides; failed studies; repeat acquisition or rework; downstream impact; downtime; incidents; recalls; and updates. Track these product-specific limits: ClearRead CT is an adjunct and must not be used without the original CT series. The cleared indication is for an asymptomatic population and requires both lungs in the field of view; radiologist judgment remains required.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04

Release and scope verification

Map the installed product, build, options, population, anatomy, inputs, outputs, and enabled functions to K161201 before acceptance.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-04

Later product-family features are not evidence that this cleared release includes them.

Deployment boundary

The exact installed deployment, hosting, service, security, and operational boundary remains unverified and requires site-specific confirmation.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-04

FDA-described deployment details do not establish current hosting contracts, security controls, uptime, or local qualification.

Interoperability acceptance

The FDA package describes CT post-processing and secondary-series output; exact DICOM routing, archive behavior, and local worklist integration require testing.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-04

Test representative identifiers, orientation, geometry, measurements, units, routing, failure handling, and round trips locally.

Clinical acceptance

Use a signed local test set for the supported population and workflow. Include common and difficult cases, exclusions, acquisition variation, failed or low-quality inputs, reviewer overrides, and downstream effects. ClearRead CT is an adjunct and must not be used without the original CT series. The cleared indication is for an asymptomatic population and requires both lungs in the field of view; radiologist judgment remains required.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-04

Define stop-use, escalation, rollback, and revalidation triggers before production use.

Economic evaluation

Model capital and recurring cost against net staff time after review, throughput, repeat imaging or rework, infrastructure, training, service, downtime, upgrade, and replacement costs.

product family · checked 2026-09-04

No exact-product price or product-specific reimbursement was established in the reviewed public material.

Lifecycle monitoring

Monitor K161201 by exact software, hardware, model, and algorithm version; patient population; anatomy; protocol; operator; input quality; output edits or overrides; failed studies; repeat acquisition or rework; downstream impact; downtime; incidents; recalls; and updates. Track these product-specific limits: ClearRead CT is an adjunct and must not be used without the original CT series. The cleared indication is for an asymptomatic population and requires both lungs in the field of view; radiologist judgment remains required.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-04

Revalidate after material software, hardware, model, protocol, interface, or clinical-policy changes.

Evidence

Performance evidence

Metrics are shown only when they are tied to a source, endpoint, population, and tested product version.

Evidence summary
The FDA package documents software verification and the adjunctive vessel-suppression and CADe workflow; no exact-version independent clinical-outcome claim was promoted.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04
Reported sensitivity
Not established in reviewed sources
Reviewed sources checked Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04

No single product-level sensitivity value was promoted because the reviewed FDA material is workflow, module, sequence, or population specific.

Reported specificity
Not established in reviewed sources
Reviewed sources checked Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04

No single product-level specificity value was promoted because the reviewed FDA material is workflow, module, sequence, or population specific.

No contextualized exact-version metric has completed evidence review. Regulatory-document values, when available, are shown above with their limitations.

K161201 FDA evidence package for ClearRead CT

FDA 510(k) verification and validation evidence described in the exact submission · Chest/lungs

exact submission · Tested version: ClearRead CT · Sponsor or vendor study

K161201

Manufacturer evidence submitted for the exact FDA decision. It is not independent clinical validation, and local technical, clinical, privacy, security, and workflow acceptance remains necessary.

Economics and lifecycle

Budget and ongoing governance

These are common procurement questions; unknown values remain visible until a source supports them.

Pricing and total cost
Not established in reviewed sources
Reviewed sources checked Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04

No public list price for the exact cleared product version was established. Obtain a written quote separating license, implementation, interfaces, compute, storage, training, support, upgrades, renewal, and exit costs.

Reimbursement and coding
No separate named-product Medicare payment was identified in the reviewed CMS coverage material. Evaluate the product within the applicable imaging or clinical service line and verify payer, site-of-service, coding, and coverage assumptions independently.
Public source Not applicable Checked 2026-09-04

No product-specific code

No separate named-product payment identified in reviewed CMS material

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · United States

This is not a product-specific reimbursement determination. Verify payer, site-of-service, coding, and coverage assumptions independently.

Safety and lifecycle

Postmarket record

Recall and adverse-event records are shown only after product matching. Adverse-event reports do not establish incidence or causality.

Postmarket safety review
The 2026-09-02 openFDA device-recall snapshot contained no candidate record for K161201; no exact native submission identifier match was found.
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04

Buyer worksheet

Open questions to take to the vendor

Open evaluation checklist

Research record

What has been checked

This audit distinguishes completed source review from fields that have not yet been researched.

Exact FDA record reviewedStatus
2026-09-04Last searched
25Fields reviewed
11Source classes checked
0Reviewed PubMed leads
2Reviewed trial leads
0Unreviewed FDA recall leads

Screened two trial records. NCT02440139 is manufacturer-scoped to Riverain lung-nodule software but does not identify ClearRead CT, K161201, or a tested version; NCT06514248 is a different vendor, so both are quarantined. The current discovery snapshot contains 0 PubMed and 2 ClinicalTrials.gov candidate records; its dated, count-matched human screening remains current. Unlinked candidates remain quarantined. Native FDA recall identifiers produced 0 postmarket candidate records; 0 have been reviewed (0 published, 0 rejected) and 0 remain unreviewed.

Candidate leads were screened against the exact product and tested version. Unlinked records remain quarantined.

Source classes: fda ai list, fda decision summary, acr ai central product, fda decision material, peer reviewed literature, clinical trial registry, reimbursement policy, fda device recall, pubmed, clinical trials, openfda device recall

Sources

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