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Porex Otology Instruments

K873044510(k) TraditionalCleared Sep 4, 198731-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

Porex Medical · LRC Instrument, Ent Manual Surgical

Cleared on Sep 4, 1987 after a 31-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

Decided
Sep 4, 1987
Review
31 days
Class
Class I
Product code
LRC
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

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

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K873044Source: 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 LRC devices

LRC Instrument, Ent Manual Surgical: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · LRC

1in 2023

2008: 22009: 12010: 22011: 62012: 72013: 72014: 32015: 62016: 32017: 22018: 12019: 12020: 42022: 12023: 1
2007high 7 (2012) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · LRC

131in 2020

2011: 106 days median2012: 50 days median2013: 104 days median2014: 29 days median2015: 105 days median2016: 100 days median2020: 131 days median
2007high 131 (2020) · low 29 (2014)2026

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

Recalls per year · LRC

1in 2024

2023: 12024: 1
2007high 1 (2023) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · LRC

44in 2025

2007: 12009: 82010: 112011: 142012: 482013: 532014: 532015: 412016: 392017: 322018: 422019: 192020: 202021: 232022: 252023: 142024: 512025: 44
2007high 53 (2013) · low 0 (2008)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code LRC, 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
20070—01
20082—00
20091—08
20102—011
20116106014
2012750048
20137104053
2014329053
20156105041
20163100039
20172—032
20181—042
20191—019
20204131020
20210—023
20221—025
20231—114
20240—151
20250—044
20260—0—
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510(k) Report. “K873044: Porex Otology Instruments.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K873044

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