510(k) · Cleared
ClearedBabytherm 8000 LDR
Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly
Draeger Medical, Inc. · FMZ Incubator, Neonatal
Cleared on May 29, 1998 after an 81-day review. The summary cites one number, which could not be confirmed as its predicate (see the table below).
- Decided
- May 29, 1998
- Review
- 81 days
- Class
- Class II
- Product code
- FMZ
- Recalls
- None
- Predicates
- 1
The summary cites one number, which could not be confirmed as its predicate (see the table below).
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.
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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; numbers the summary cites that cannot be its predicate are marked – and kept off the family tree.
| Type | Number | Device | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kept off the family tree | K94567 | Babytherm 8000 WB Number could not be read Summary page 1…n Driger 3135 Quarry Road Telford, Pennsylvania 18969 Establishment Registration Number: 2517967 Devices to which substantial equivélence is claimed: Babytherm 8000 WB K94567 Device Description: The Babytherm 8000 LDR is an infant warming bed which provides therapeutic warmth for premature and full-te… |
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 FMZ devicesFMZ Incubator, Neonatal: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.
FDA decisions per year · FMZ
2in 2025
2026 to Oct 25, outlined.
Median 510(k) review, days · FMZ
60in 2010
Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.
Recalls per year · FMZ
2in 2024
Class I (11 since 2007) Class II/III not classified
Adverse event reports per year · FMZ
250in 2025
MAUDE reports naming product code FMZ, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.
View these four charts as a table
| Year | Decisions | Median 510(k) review, days | Recalls (Class I) | MAUDE reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 81 | 0 | 14 |
| 2008 | 1 | — | 4 | 10 |
| 2009 | 0 | — | 0 | 8 |
| 2010 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 11 |
| 2011 | 1 | — | 5 | 10 |
| 2012 | 0 | — | 0 | 12 |
| 2013 | 0 | — | 1 (1) | 11 |
| 2014 | 1 | — | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | — | 0 | 9 |
| 2016 | 1 | — | 1 | 12 |
| 2017 | 1 | — | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | — | 3 | 18 |
| 2019 | 2 | — | 1 | 24 |
| 2020 | 0 | — | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | 15 |
| 2022 | 1 | — | 0 | 27 |
| 2023 | 0 | — | 8 (8) | 19 |
| 2024 | 0 | — | 2 (2) | 118 |
| 2025 | 2 | — | 0 | 250 |
| 2026 | 2 | — | 3 | — |
What is it indicated for?
The Babytherm 8000 LDR is indicated as a therapeutic device for providing warmth with or without
the use of a canopy for premature and full-term neonates and infants up to 16 Ibs.
Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.
https://510kreport.com/device/K980886 · printed Nov 6, 2026
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510(k) Report. “K980886: Babytherm 8000 LDR.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K980886
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- FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
- Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
- Page last updated Nov 3, 2026