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Exmoor Teflon Loop Replacement Prosthesis

K981045510(k) TraditionalCleared May 20, 199861-day reviewClass II21 CFR 874.3450

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

Exmoor Plastics, Ltd. · ETB Prosthesis, Partial Ossicular Replacement

Cleared on May 20, 1998 after a 61-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
May 20, 1998
Review
61 days
Class
Class II
Product code
ETB
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K981045Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against? (4)

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
*—Causse Tef-Piston
Named without a submission number
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*—Causse Tef-Piston Large Loop
Named without a submission number
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*—Shea Malleus Teflon Piston
Named without a submission number
—
*—Causse Modified Teflon Piston
Named without a submission number
—

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 ETB devices

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

FDA decisions per year · ETB

2in 2025

2008: 12013: 22025: 22026 (partial year): 2
2007high 2 (2013) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · ETB

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

Recalls per year · ETB

1so far in 2026, the most since 2007

2026 (partial year): 1
2007high 1 (2026) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · ETB

5in 2025

2008: 52010: 52011: 32012: 32013: 32014: 52015: 22016: 52017: 32019: 62020: 42021: 12022: 62023: 12024: 32025: 5
2007high 6 (2019) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code ETB, 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
20081—05
20090—00
20100—05
20110—03
20120—03
20132—03
20140—05
20150—02
20160—05
20170—03
20180—00
20190—06
20200—04
20210—01
20220—06
20230—01
20240—03
20252—05
20262—1—

What is it indicated for?

This prosthesis can be used to reconstruct an absent

or defective stapes and incus.

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K981045: Exmoor Teflon Loop Replacement Prosthesis.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K981045

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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