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Total Ossicular Replacement Prosthesis (Torp)

K972735510(k) TraditionalCleared Sep 5, 199745-day reviewClass II21 CFR 874.3495

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

Mednet Locator, Inc. · ETA Replacement, Ossicular Prosthesis, Total

Cleared on Sep 5, 1997 after a 45-day review. FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

Decided
Sep 5, 1997
Review
45 days
Class
Class II
Product code
ETA
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

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

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K972735Source: 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 ETA devices

ETA Replacement, Ossicular Prosthesis, Total: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · ETA

1in 2025

2009: 22025: 12026 (partial year): 2
2007high 2 (2009) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · ETA

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

Recalls per year · ETA

1in 2011

2011: 1
2007high 1 (2011) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · ETA

4in 2025

2008: 52009: 22010: 12011: 32012: 42013: 12014: 62015: 52016: 122017: 92019: 92020: 12022: 42023: 52024: 82025: 4
2007high 12 (2016) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code ETA, 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—05
20092—02
20100—01
20110—13
20120—04
20130—01
20140—06
20150—05
20160—012
20170—09
20180—00
20190—09
20200—01
20210—00
20220—04
20230—05
20240—08
20251—04
20262—0—

What is it indicated for?

The MedNef Locator, Inc., Total Ossicular Replacement Prosthesis

(TORP) is to be used by ear, nose and throat physicians to restore the

hearing mechanism related to loss or destruction or damage to the ear

ossicles due to prolonged chronic infection.

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. “K972735: Total Ossicular Replacement Prosthesis (Torp).” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K972735

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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