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510(k) · Cleared

Recalled · Class II · 2021

Therasteam Personal Steam Inhaler

K950116510(k) TraditionalCleared Feb 10, 199530-day reviewClass I21 CFR 868.5460Recalls 1

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

Kaz, Inc. · KFZ Humidifier, Non-Direct Patient Interface (Home-Use)

Cleared on Feb 10, 1995 after a 30-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known. It has been recalled once.

Decided
Feb 10, 1995
Review
30 days
Class
Class I
Product code
KFZ
Recalls
1
Predicates
0

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

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K950116Source: 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)

Recalls of this device

DateClassRecallRoot causeReason
Mar 16, 2021Class IIZ-1935-2021Environmental controlDue to shipping delays the devices were exposed to temperature excursions of 31.9¿F, intermittently over a 2 hour and 15 minute period of time which may cause inaccurate results.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

How does its category compare?

All KFZ devices

KFZ Humidifier, Non-Direct Patient Interface (Home-Use): FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · KFZ

FDA has decided no KFZ device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · KFZ

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

Recalls per year · KFZ

1in 2015

2015: 1
2007high 1 (2015) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · KFZ

16in 2025

2007: 62008: 52009: 62010: 132011: 132012: 172013: 712014: 902015: 772016: 842017: 932018: 592019: 412020: 322021: 322022: 242023: 222024: 132025: 16
2007high 93 (2017) · low 5 (2008)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code KFZ, 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—06
20080—05
20090—06
20100—013
20110—013
20120—017
20130—071
20140—090
20150—177
20160—084
20170—093
20180—059
20190—041
20200—032
20210—032
20220—024
20230—022
20240—013
20250—016
20260—0—
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510(k) Report. “K950116: Therasteam Personal Steam Inhaler.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K950116

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