510(k) · Cleared
ClearedMS-140 All-Round Enhanced Performance Filter; MS-141 All-Round Enhanced Performance Angled; MS-142 All-Round/Hme Enhance
Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly
King Systems Corp. · CAH Filter, Bacterial, Breathing-Circuit
Cleared on Oct 9, 2001 after a 68-day review. FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.
- Decided
- Oct 9, 2001
- Review
- 68 days
- Class
- Class II
- Product code
- CAH
- Recalls
- None
- Predicates
- 0
FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.
Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), the FDA 510(k) statement (indications), FDA recall and enforcement reports, and MAUDE; processed by 510(k) Report. Verify on FDA.gov · Methodology and accuracy.
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What was it cleared against?
FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.
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 CAH devicesCAH Filter, Bacterial, Breathing-Circuit: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.
FDA decisions per year · CAH
2in 2024
2026 to Oct 25, outlined.
Median 510(k) review, days · CAH
237in 2023
Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.
Recalls per year · CAH
1in 2025
Class I (7 since 2007) Class II/III not classified
Adverse event reports per year · CAH
77in 2025
MAUDE reports naming product code CAH, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.
View these four charts as a table
| Year | Decisions | Median 510(k) review, days | Recalls (Class I) | MAUDE reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2 | — | 0 | 32 |
| 2008 | 1 | — | 0 | 27 |
| 2009 | 4 | 111 | 0 | 18 |
| 2010 | 5 | 216 | 2 | 40 |
| 2011 | 3 | 281 | 0 | 9 |
| 2012 | 3 | 212 | 0 | 16 |
| 2013 | 1 | — | 1 | 47 |
| 2014 | 4 | 250 | 1 | 98 |
| 2015 | 2 | — | 0 | 51 |
| 2016 | 0 | — | 0 | 34 |
| 2017 | 1 | — | 1 | 29 |
| 2018 | 0 | — | 0 | 33 |
| 2019 | 2 | — | 0 | 30 |
| 2020 | 2 | — | 0 | 33 |
| 2021 | 2 | — | 0 | 56 |
| 2022 | 3 | 204 | 6 (6) | 67 |
| 2023 | 3 | 237 | 0 | 40 |
| 2024 | 2 | — | 0 | 51 |
| 2025 | 0 | — | 1 (1) | 77 |
| 2026 | 2 | — | 0 | — |
What is it indicated for?
1. A breathing circuit bacterial filter is a device that is intended to remove microbiological and particulate matter from the gases of a breathing circuit.
2. A heat and moisture exchanger (HME) is a device intended to be positioned over a tracheotomy or tracheal tube to warm and humidify by passive means gases breathed in by a patient during anesthesia or ventilator care.
3. Each All-Round® filter or HMEffilter is intended for adult patients whose respiratory status will not be compromised by the dead space.
Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA 510(k) statement, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.
https://510kreport.com/device/K012485 · printed Nov 4, 2026
Cite this page
510(k) Report. “K012485: MS-140 All-Round Enhanced Performance Filter; MS-141 All-Round Enhanced Performance Angled; MS-142 All-Round/Hme Enhance.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K012485
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- Summary read Oct 30, 2026 (extraction version 2d9447fa9ea4)
- Page last updated Nov 3, 2026