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Allen, Ultra and Smart Sockets

K971988510(k) TraditionalCleared Jul 11, 199743-day reviewClass I21 CFR 878.4960

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

Allen Medical Systems, Inc. · FQO Table, Operating-Room, Ac-Powered

Cleared on Jul 11, 1997 after a 43-day review. FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

Decided
Jul 11, 1997
Review
43 days
Class
Class I
Product code
FQO
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K971988Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against?

FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

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 FQO devices

FQO Table, Operating-Room, Ac-Powered: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · FQO

1in 2024

2009: 12022: 12024: 1
2007high 1 (2009) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · FQO

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

Recalls per year · FQO

8in 2024

2008: 102009: 32010: 32011: 72013: 12014: 12015: 22016: 22018: 52020: 22022: 12023: 22024: 82026 (partial year): 1
2007high 10 (2008) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · FQO

113in 2025

2007: 612008: 472009: 582010: 1272011: 1012012: 1202013: 1162014: 1452015: 1082016: 932017: 982018: 1042019: 1182020: 972021: 1022022: 1252023: 1872024: 1392025: 113
2007high 187 (2023) · low 47 (2008)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code FQO, 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—061
20080—1047
20091—358
20100—3127
20110—7101
20120—0120
20130—1116
20140—1145
20150—2108
20160—293
20170—098
20180—5104
20190—0118
20200—297
20210—0102
20221—1125
20230—2187
20241—8139
20250—0113
20260—1—

What is it indicated for?

Devices are intended to attach boot stirrups to-opefating rcom table rail or cysto table rail during surgical or diagnostic procedures requiring positioning and support of the patient’s legs.

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA 510(k) statement, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K971988: Allen, Ultra and Smart Sockets.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K971988

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