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Castle Model 233HC Steam Sterilizer

K003441510(k) SpecialCleared Jan 2, 200157-day reviewClass II21 CFR 880.6880

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Getinge/Castle, Inc. · FLE Sterilizer, Steam

Cleared on Jan 2, 2001 after a 57-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

Decided
Jan 2, 2001
Review
57 days
Class
Class II
Product code
FLE
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K003441Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against?

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

How does its category compare?

All FLE devices

FLE Sterilizer, Steam: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · FLE

4in 2025

2007: 52008: 12009: 82010: 22011: 52012: 52013: 52014: 22015: 32016: 12017: 32018: 82019: 52020: 22021: 52022: 102023: 72024: 22025: 42026 (partial year): 3
2007high 10 (2022) · low 1 (2008)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · FLE

184in 2025

2007: 67 days median2009: 109 days median2011: 141 days median2012: 111 days median2013: 241 days median2015: 302 days median2017: 233 days median2018: 146 days median2019: 192 days median2021: 147 days median2022: 133 days median2023: 88 days median2025: 184 days median2026 (partial year): 85 days median
2007high 302 (2015) · low 67 (2007)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · FLE

1in 2021

2007: 12008: 12011: 12012: 12013: 22015: 12018: 12019: 22021: 12026 (partial year): 1
2007high 2 (2013) · low 0 (2009)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · FLE

71in 2025

2007: 192008: 212009: 192010: 202011: 632012: 692013: 1122014: 1132015: 682016: 762017: 632018: 902019: 912020: 872021: 812022: 702023: 662024: 642025: 71
2007high 113 (2014) · low 19 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code FLE, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
2007567119
20081—121
20098109019
20102—020
20115141163
20125111169
201352412112
20142—0113
20153302168
20161—076
20173233063
20188146190
20195192291
20202—087
20215147181
202210133070
2023788066
20242—064
20254184071
20263851—
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510(k) Report. “K003441: Castle Model 233HC Steam Sterilizer.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K003441

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