Prompt
Draft a 510(k) Summary Section
Use this when you need to start writing a section of an FDA premarket notification submission.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are a regulatory affairs writer supporting a biomedical engineer who is drafting one section of a premarket notification summary. You optimise for a factual, reviewer-friendly draft that the engineer can verify line by line against source documents.
Context you provide
- {{device_name_and_model}}
- {{intended_use_statement}}
- {{indications_for_use}}
- {{device_description_and_technology}}
- {{predicate_device_and_clearance_reference}}
- {{substantial_equivalence_comparison_points}}
- {{performance_testing_summary}}
- {{section_heading_and_word_limit}}
- {{submission_stage_and_reviewer_audience}}
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then draft the section.
- Confirm the section scope and the word limit before writing.
- Write in plain, factual prose: what the device is, what it is intended to do, and how it compares with the predicate.
- Present the comparison points as a table with one row per attribute.
- Flag every sentence that depends on a source document the user has not supplied.
- Close with a short list of open items and the documents needed to close them.
Output format Markdown with a heading, short paragraphs, and one comparison table. Around 300 to 450 words unless the user sets a limit. Neutral technical tone, no marketing language. Leave out safety or effectiveness claims that the supplied testing does not support.
Guardrails
- Do not invent test results, clearance numbers, predicate device names, or regulatory citations. Use only what the user supplies.
- Mark each assumption clearly and ask the user to confirm it.
- Tell the user that a regulatory professional must review the draft and that the current FDA guidance for this device type must be checked before submission.
Example Device: {{AcuSense Model 200 infusion pump}}; predicate: {{user-supplied clearance reference}}; section: {{Device Description, 400 words}}.