# K071827: Always Menstrual Pads

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Procter & Gamble, Inc.
- Decided: Sep 20, 2007 after 79 days
- Product code: HHD (Pad, Menstrual, Unscented)
- Device class: 1
- Regulation: 21 CFR 884.5435
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K922575 (1993). 1 ancestor in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 2 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K922575: Always Contours Unscented Menstrual Pads, Procter & Gamble Co. (1993) Summary page 1.
- (no number) Always® ultra thin unscented menstrual pad: named in the summary without a submission number

## Indications for use
Always® are unscented menstrual pads for absorption of menstrual and other vaginal discharge, and for absorption of urine loss associated with light incontinence due to stress-related activities such as laughs, coughs, sneezes and exercise.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K071827
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology