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Dual Switch

K141908510(k) SpecialCleared Oct 22, 201499-day reviewClass II21 CFR 878.4810

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

Laser Engineering, Inc. · GEX Powered Laser Surgical Instrument

Cleared on Oct 22, 2014 after a 99-day review. The summary cites one number, which could not be confirmed as its predicate (see the table below).

Decided
Oct 22, 2014
Review
99 days
Class
Class II
Product code
GEX
Recalls
None
Predicates
1

The summary cites one number, which could not be confirmed as its predicate (see the table below).

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K141908Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), the FDA summary (predicates and 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? (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; numbers the summary cites that cannot be its predicate are marked – and kept off the family tree.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
Kept off the family treeK100595FDA’s K100595 is Ecleris Microstar Colposcope
Not matched in our reading of the summary (scans can blur digits), so it is kept off the family tree
Ecleris USA2010—

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 GEX devices

GEX Powered Laser Surgical Instrument: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years. 2014, this device’s year, is highlighted.

FDA decisions per year · GEX

83in 2025

2007: 732008: 1072009: 692010: 502011: 412012: 452013: 462014: 612015: 472016: 512017: 672018: 512019: 412020: 522021: 532022: 602023: 522024: 822025: 832026 (partial year): 57
2007high 107 (2008) · low 41 (2011)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · GEX

90in 2025

2007: 79 days median2008: 86 days median2009: 100 days median2010: 96 days median2011: 83 days median2012: 118 days median2013: 144 days median2014: 147 days median2015: 112 days median2016: 114 days median2017: 90 days median2018: 78 days median2019: 88 days median2020: 90 days median2021: 123 days median2022: 152 days median2023: 87 days median2024: 90 days median2025: 90 days median2026 (partial year): 90 days median
2007high 152 (2022) · low 78 (2018)2026

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

Recalls per year · GEX

3in 2024

2007: 92008: 22010: 42011: 182012: 52013: 32014: 62016: 12017: 5, 1 Class I2018: 52019: 62020: 12023: 62024: 32026 (partial year): 2
2007high 18 (2011) · low 0 (2009)2026

Class I (1 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · GEX

2,720in 2025

2007: 3422008: 2322009: 2092010: 1,7112011: 3,0242012: 2,0002013: 2,2362014: 2,0362015: 2,0992016: 2,5852017: 2,9772018: 3,5252019: 2,7092020: 2,1832021: 3,4652022: 2,2882023: 2,3372024: 2,1872025: 2,720
2007high 3,525 (2018) · low 209 (2009)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code GEX, 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
200773799342
2008107862232
2009691000209
2010509641,711
20114183183,024
20124511852,000
20134614432,236
20146114762,036
20154711202,099
20165111412,585
201767905 (1)2,977
2018517853,525
2019418862,709
2020529012,183
20215312303,465
20226015202,288
2023528762,337
2024829032,187
2025839002,720
202657902—

What is it indicated for?

The intended use for the Dual Switch Adapter is for the vaporization, incision, excision, ablation, or photocaogulation of soft tissue in the surgical specialties of ENT, Gynecology, Laparoscopic Surgery including GYN Laparoscopy, Aesthetic Surgery, Dental and Oral Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, General Surgery and Podiatry. The intended use of the Dual Switch Adapter is for the performance of specific surgical applications in the surgical…

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The intended use for the Dual Switch Adapter is for the vaporization, incision, excision, ablation, or photocaogulation of soft tissue in the surgical specialties of ENT, Gynecology, Laparoscopic Surgery including GYN Laparoscopy, Aesthetic Surgery, Dental and Oral Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, General Surgery and Podiatry.

The intended use of the Dual Switch Adapter is for the performance of specific surgical applications in the surgical specialties of ENT, Gynecology, Laparoscopic Surgery including GYN Laparoscopy, Aesthetic Surgery, Dental and Oral Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, General Surgery and Podiatry as follows:

Dermatology:

The Dual Switch Adapter is indicated for use in dermatology and plastic surgery for the following applications:

-Ablation, vaporization, excision, and coagulation of soft tissue in the performance of: laser skin resurfacing, laser dermabrasion, and laser burn debridement

-Laser skin resurfacing) ablation and/or vaporization) for the treatment of: wrinkles, rhytids and furrows (including fine lines and texture irregularities).

-Laser skin resurfacing (ablation, and/or vaporization) of soft tissue for the reduction, removal, and/or treatment of:

Keratosis, including actinic and seborrheic keratosis, seborrhoecae vulgares, seborrheci wart and verruUT seborrheica.

Vermillionectomy of the lip

Cutaneous horns

Solar/actinic elastosis

Cheilis, including actinic cheilitis

Lentigines, including lentigo maligna or Hutchinson's malignant freckle

Uneven pigmentation/dyschromia

Acne scars

Surgical scars

Keloids including acne keloidalis nuchae

Hemangiomas (including Buccal, port wine and pygenic granulomas/granuloma pyogenicum/granuloma telangiectaticum)

Tatoos

Telangiectasia

Removal of small skin tumors, including periungual (Koenen) and subungual fibromas

Superficial pigmented lesions

Adenosebaceous hypertrophy or sebaceous hyperplasia

Rhinophyma reduction

Cutaneous papilloma (skin tags)

Milia

Debridement of eczematous or infected skin

Bramous and squamous cell carminoma, including keratoacanthomas, Bowen's disease (Erythroplasia of Queyrat), and Bowenoid Papulosis (BP) lesions

Nevi, including spider, epidermal, and protruding

Neurofibromas

Laser de-epitheliazation

Tricoepitheliomas

Xanthelasma palpebrarum

Syringoma

-Laser ablation, vaporization, and/or excision for complete and partial nail matrixecomy

-Vaporization/coagulation of: benign/malignant vascular/avascular skin lesions, Moh's surgery, Lipectomy, Verrucae and seborrhoecae vulgares, including paronychial, periungual and subungual warts

-Laser incision and/or excision of soft tissue for the performance of upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty

-Laser incision and/or excision of soft tissue for the creation of receipt sites for hair transplantation

Podiatry

The Dual Switch Adapter is indicated for use in podiatry for the following applications:

-Laser ablation, vaporization, and/or excision of soft tissue for the reduction, removal, and/or treatment of:

Verrucae vulgares/plantar (warts), including paronychial, periungual and subungual warts

Fungal nail treatment

Porokeratoma ablation

Ingrown nail treatment

Neuromas/fibromas, including Morton's neuroma

Debridement of ulcers

Other soft tissue lesions

-Laser ablation, vaporization, and/or excision for complete and partial (nail) matrixectomy

Otolaryngology

The Dual Switch Adapter is indicated for laser incision, excision, ablation and/or vaporization of soft tissue in otolaryngology for the treatment of:

-Choanal atresia

-Leukoplakia, including oral, larynx, uvula, palatal, and upper lateral pharyngeal tissue

-Nasal obstruction

-Adult and juvenile papillomatosis polyps

-Polypectomy of nose and nasal passages

-Lymphangioma removal

-Removal of vocal cord/fold nodules, polyps and cysts

-Removal of recurrent papillomas in the oral cavity, nasal cavity, larynx, pharynx and trachea, including the uvula, palatal, upper lateral pharyngeal tissue, tongue and vocal cords.

-Laser/tumor surgery in the larynx, pharynx, nasal, ear and oral structures and tissue

-Zenker's Deverticulum/pharyngoesophageal diverticulum) endoscopic laser-assisted esophagodiverticulostomy (ELAED)

-Stenosis, including subgottic stenosis

Tonsillectomy (including tonsilar cryptolysis and neoplasma) and tonsil ablation/tonsillotomy

-Pulmonary bronchial and tracheal lesion removal

-Benign and malignant nodules, tumors and fibromas (larynx, pharynx, trachea, tracheobronchial/endobronchial)

-Benign and malignant lesions and fibromas (nose and nasal passages)

-Benign and malignant tumors and fibromas (oral)

-Stapedotomy/Stapedectomy

-Acoustic neuroma in the ear

-Superficial lesions of the ear, including chondrodermatatis nondularis chroniUT helices/Winkler's disease

-Telangiectasia/hemangioma of larynx, pharynx and trachea (includes uvula, palatal, or upper lateral pharyngeal tissue)

-Cordectomy, cordotomy (for the treatment of vocal fold paralysis/vocal fold motion impairment), and cordal lesions of larynx, pharynx and trachea

-Myringotomy/tympanostomy (tympanic membrane fenestration)

-Uvulopalatoplasty and turbinate reduction/ablation

-Septal spur ablation/reduction and septoplasty

-Partial glossectomy

-Tumor resection of oral, subfacial and neck tissue

-Rhinophyma

-Verrucae vulgares (warts)

-Gingivoplasty/gingivectomy

Gynecology and GYN Laparoscopy Indication

The Dual Switch Adapter is indicated for use in gynecology for the following applications:

-Laser incision, excision, ablation and/or vaporization of soft tissue in gynecology for the treatment of:

Conization of the cervix, including cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), and vulvar and vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN, VAIN)

Condyloma acuminata, including cervical, genital, vulvar, perineal, and Bowenoid papulosa (BP lesions)

Leukoplakia (vulvar dystrophies)

Incision and drainage (I&D) or Bartholin's and nabothian cysts

Herpes vaporizaton

Urethral caruncle vaporization

Cervical dysplasia

Benign and malignant tumors

Hemangiomas

-Vaporization, incision, excision, ablation or photocoagulation of soft tissue in endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery, including gynecological laparoscopy, for the treatment of:

Endometrial lesions, including ablation of endometriosis

Excision/lysis adhesions

Salpingostomy

Oophorectomy

Fimbrioplasty

Metroplasty

Microsurgery (tubal)

Uterine myomas and fibroids

Ovarian fibromas and follicle cysts

Uterosacral ligament ablation

Hysterectomy

Neurosurgery Indications

The Dual Switch Adapter is indicated for laser incision, excision, ablation and/or vaporizaton of soft tissue in neurosurgery for the treatment of:

-Cranial

Posterior fossa tumors

Peripheral neurectomy

Benign and malignant tumors and cysts, for example, gliomas, meningiomas (including basal tumors), acoustic neuromas, lipomas, and large tumors

Arteriovenous malformation

Pituitary gland tumors (transphenoidal approach)

-Spinal Cord

Incision/excision and vaporization of benign and malignant tumors and cysts

Intra and extradural lesions

Laminectomy/laminotomy/microdiscectomy

Orthopedic Indication

The Dual Switch Adapter is indication for incision, excision, and vaporization of soft tissue in orthopedic surgery, including the following applications:

-Arthroscopy

Meniscectomy

Chondromalacia

Chondroplasty

Ligament release (lateral and other)

Excision of plica

Partial synovectomy

-General

Debridement of traumatic wounds

Debridement of decubitus and diabetic ulcers

Microsurgery

Artificial joint revision

PMMA removal

General and Thoracic Surgery

The Dual Switch Adapter is indication for the incision, excision, and vaporization of soft tissue in general and thoracic surgery, including endoscopic and open procedures. Applications include:

-Debridement of decubitus ulcers stasis, diabetic, and other ulcers

-Mastectomy

-Debridement of burns

-Rectal and anal hemorrhoidectomy

-Breast biopsy

-Reduction mammoplasty

-Cytoreduction for metastatic disease

-Laparotomy and laparoscopic applications

-Mediastinal and thoracic lesions and abnormalities

-Skin tag vaporization

-Atheroma

-Cysts, including sebaceous cysts, pilar cysts, and mucous cysts of the lips

-Pilondial cyst removal and repair

-Abscesses

-Other soft tissue applications

Dental and Oral Surgery

The Dual Switch Adapter is indication for the incision, excision and vaporization of soft tissue in dentisty and oral surgery. Applications include:

-Gingivectomy/removal of hyperplasias

-Gingivoplasty

-Incisional and excisional biopsy

-Treatment of ulcerous lesions, including aphthous ulcers

-Incision of infection when used with antibiotic therapy

-Frenectomy (frenum release)

-Excision and ablation of benign and malignant lesions

-Homeostasis

-Operculectomy

-Crown lengthening

-Removal of soft tissue, cysts and tumors

-Oral cavity tumors and hemangiomas

-Abscesses

-Extraction site hemostasis

-Salivary gland pathologies

-Preproshetic gum preperation

-Leukoplakia

-Partial glossectomy

-Periodental gum resection

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. “K141908: Dual Switch.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K141908

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Record history
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