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Entry Site Alignment System Model # CX9626

K012435510(k) TraditionalCleared Oct 2, 200163-day reviewClass I21 CFR 886.4350

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

Bausch & Lomb, Inc. · NGY Cannula, Trocar, Ophthalmic

Cleared on Oct 2, 2001 after a 63-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
Oct 2, 2001
Review
63 days
Class
Class I
Product code
NGY
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K012435Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against? (1)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*—Alcon/Grieshaber Trocar Cannula Set
Named without a submission number
—

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 NGY devices

NGY Cannula, Trocar, Ophthalmic: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · NGY

FDA has decided no NGY device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · NGY

Too few NGY 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.

Recalls per year · NGY

1in 2025

2007: 12009: 22020: 22025: 1
2007high 2 (2009) · low 0 (2008)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · NGY

20in 2025

2007: 12011: 42012: 12015: 162016: 642017: 462018: 252019: 152020: 92021: 72022: 102023: 322024: 142025: 20
2007high 64 (2016) · low 0 (2008)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code NGY, 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
20070—11
20080—00
20090—20
20100—00
20110—04
20120—01
20130—00
20140—00
20150—016
20160—064
20170—046
20180—025
20190—015
20200—29
20210—07
20220—010
20230—032
20240—014
20250—120
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The ESA is a hand-held surgical instrument intended for use as a trocar/cannula for establishing an entry site conduit for passing ophthalmic instruments/accessories used to perform posterior ophthalmic surgical procedures.

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K012435: Entry Site Alignment System Model # CX9626.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K012435

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 30, 2026 (extraction version 2d9447fa9ea4)
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026