510(k) Report

FDA applicant

Smith & Nephew Medical Limited

Hull, GB33 decisions1989–20263 recalls

FDA records 33 decisions for Smith & Nephew Medical Limited (Hull, GB) from 1989 to 2026: 33 510(k) clearances. Most are in product codes OMP (Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Powered…) and FRO (Dressing, Wound, Drug). Since 2016 its 510(k)s took a median of 152 days from receipt to decision, against 214 for FDA’s reviews in the same codes and years. Its devices cite 36 predicates, 17 of them its own earlier devices. 3 recalls are linked to its devices.

FDA’s records also spell it “Smith & Nephew Medical, Ltd.”, “Smith & Nephew Medical”, “Smith Nephew Medical Limited”.

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

FIG. A — Illustration, general and plastic surgery panel, where it files most

How often FDA has decided Smith & Nephew Medical Limited’s devices, and how often a recall has named them.

FDA decisions per year

2in 2025

2016: 42017: 32018: 42019: 62020: 12022: 32023: 22024: 22025: 22026 (partial year): 3
2007high 6 (2019) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 so far, outlined.

Recalls per year

3in 2024

2024: 3
2007high 3 (2024) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I Class II/III not classified

FIG. 1 — Smith & Nephew Medical Limited by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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Other applicant names beginning “Smith”

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