510(k) Report

FDA applicant

Cochlear Americas

Centennial, CO27 decisions1984–20265 recalls

FDA records 27 decisions for Cochlear Americas (Centennial, CO) from 1984 to 2026: 21 510(k) clearances and 6 original PMA approvals. Most are in product codes LXB (Hearing Aid, Bone Conduction) and PFO (Active Implantable Bone Conduction Hearing…). Since 2016 its 510(k)s took a median of 114 days from receipt to decision, against 110 for FDA’s reviews in the same codes and years. Its devices cite 30 predicates, 20 of them its own earlier devices. 5 recalls are linked to its devices.

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

FIG. A — Illustration, ear, nose and throat panel, where it files most

How often FDA has decided Cochlear Americas’s devices, and how often a recall has named them.

FDA decisions per year

1in 2024

2008: 12010: 12011: 12012: 12013: 22014: 12015: 32016: 22017: 12018: 12019: 22021: 22022: 12023: 12024: 12026 (partial year): 1
2007high 3 (2015) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 so far, outlined.

Recalls per year

1in 2018

2009: 12011: 12014: 12015: 12018: 1
2007high 1 (2009) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I Class II/III not classified

FIG. 1 — Cochlear Americas by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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Other applicant names beginning “Cochlear”

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