510(k) · Cleared
ClearedDual Switch
Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly
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).
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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Top candidate predicates for a new GEX device
- #1 K222064 The Alma Soprano Titaniumscore 38.1 · 24 generations · no Class I recall
- #2 Held for the reportin the report
- #3 Held for the reportin the report
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.
| Type | Number | Device | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kept off the family tree | K100595 | FDA’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 | 2010 |
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 devicesGEX 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
2026 to Oct 25, outlined.
Median 510(k) review, days · GEX
90in 2025
Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.
Recalls per year · GEX
3in 2024
Class I (1 since 2007) Class II/III not classified
Adverse event reports per year · GEX
2,720in 2025
MAUDE reports naming product code GEX, 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 | 73 | 79 | 9 | 342 |
| 2008 | 107 | 86 | 2 | 232 |
| 2009 | 69 | 100 | 0 | 209 |
| 2010 | 50 | 96 | 4 | 1,711 |
| 2011 | 41 | 83 | 18 | 3,024 |
| 2012 | 45 | 118 | 5 | 2,000 |
| 2013 | 46 | 144 | 3 | 2,236 |
| 2014 | 61 | 147 | 6 | 2,036 |
| 2015 | 47 | 112 | 0 | 2,099 |
| 2016 | 51 | 114 | 1 | 2,585 |
| 2017 | 67 | 90 | 5 (1) | 2,977 |
| 2018 | 51 | 78 | 5 | 3,525 |
| 2019 | 41 | 88 | 6 | 2,709 |
| 2020 | 52 | 90 | 1 | 2,183 |
| 2021 | 53 | 123 | 0 | 3,465 |
| 2022 | 60 | 152 | 0 | 2,288 |
| 2023 | 52 | 87 | 6 | 2,337 |
| 2024 | 82 | 90 | 3 | 2,187 |
| 2025 | 83 | 90 | 0 | 2,720 |
| 2026 | 57 | 90 | 2 | — |
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.
https://510kreport.com/device/K141908 · printed Nov 6, 2026
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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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- Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
- Page last updated Nov 3, 2026