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Converse Altar Retractor

K760851510(k) TraditionalCleared Mar 10, 1977146-day reviewClass I21 CFR 874.4420

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

V. Mueller O.V. Baxter Healthcare Corp. · KAL Retractor, Ent

Cleared on Mar 10, 1977 after a 146-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

Decided
Mar 10, 1977
Review
146 days
Class
Class I
Product code
KAL
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K760851Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against?

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

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 KAL devices

KAL Retractor, Ent: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · KAL

FDA has decided no KAL device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · KAL

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

Recalls per year · KAL

No recall names KAL since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · KAL

3in 2023

2013: 22014: 12016: 12017: 22019: 12020: 12022: 12023: 3
2007high 3 (2023) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code KAL, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

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YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
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20140—01
20150—00
20160—01
20170—02
20180—00
20190—01
20200—01
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20230—03
20240—00
20250—00
20260—0—

More from V. Mueller O.V. Baxter Healthcare Corp.

41 FDA decisions under this applicant name. See the company

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  • K771302Pfister-Schwartz Stone RetrieverV. Mueller O.V. Baxter Healthcare Corp. · 1977
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https://510kreport.com/device/K760851 · printed Nov 5, 2026

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510(k) Report. “K760851: Converse Altar Retractor.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 5, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K760851

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