510(k) Report

510(k) · Cleared

Cleared

Carbomedics Mitral Rotator

K960923510(k) TraditionalCleared Apr 29, 199654-day reviewClass I21 CFR 870.3935

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

Carbomedics, Inc. · MOP Rotator, Prosthetic Heart Valve

Cleared on Apr 29, 1996 as substantially equivalent to K951368 (Carbomedics, Inc., 1995) after a 54-day review. Its family tree reaches back 1 generation to 1995.

Decided
Apr 29, 1996
Review
54 days
Class
Class I
Product code
MOP
Recalls
None
Predicates
1

Its longest line of descent runs back 1 generation to K951368 (1995). No later device cites it as a predicate yet.

K951368 · Carbomedics Exended Mitral Rotator · Carbomedics, Inc. · 199519961998
  1. Root · 1 generation backK951368 Carbomedics Exended Mitral RotatorCarbomedics, Inc. · 1995
  2. This deviceK960923 Carbomedics Mitral RotatorCarbomedics, Inc. · 1996
View FIG. 1 as a table

Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
−1K951368Carbomedics Exended Mitral RotatorCarbomedics, Inc.1995—
0 (this device)K960923Carbomedics Mitral RotatorCarbomedics, Inc.1996—
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K960923, 1995–1996Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

Get the monthly Device Review Tracker

Notable FDA decisions, review times and new Class I recalls. See an issue.

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.

Planning a device in MOP? A 510(k) Report weighs predicate choices, recall history and review times for a new device like this one.

  • Candidate predicates for a device like this, rankedin the report
  • Recall history across each candidate’s familyin the report
Get a 510(k) 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.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*K951368Carbomedics Exended Mitral Rotator
Our OCR of the scanned summary read “1(95136__‘_” beside “510(k)”; FDA’s K951368 is the only number that fits it and carries the summary’s name for the device.
Carbomedics, Inc.1995—

Also cleared against K951368: 2 other devices →

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.

What does this lineage say?

  • Its one ancestor has no recall.
  • 2 other devices also cite its predicate K951368.

How does its category compare?

All MOP devices

MOP Rotator, Prosthetic Heart Valve: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · MOP

FDA has decided no MOP device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · MOP

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

Recalls per year · MOP

No recall names MOP since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · MOP

1in 2014

2014: 1
2007high 1 (2014) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code MOP, 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—00
20080—00
20090—00
20100—00
20110—00
20120—00
20130—00
20140—01
20150—00
20160—00
20170—00
20180—00
20190—00
20200—00
20210—00
20220—00
20230—00
20240—00
20250—00
20260—0—
Cite this page

510(k) Report. “K960923: Carbomedics Mitral Rotator.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K960923

Report an extraction error

Tell us what is wrong; we check it against the FDA summary.

Are you the manufacturer?

Send a correction or an update to this page, for example a newer model or a public statement about a recall.

Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Lineage and recalls computed Nov 3, 2026
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026