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Breneb

K982043510(k) TraditionalCleared Nov 9, 1998152-day reviewClass II21 CFR 868.5630

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

Bremed Italia, S.R.L. · CAF Nebulizer (Direct Patient Interface)

Cleared on Nov 9, 1998 after a 152-day review. FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

Decided
Nov 9, 1998
Review
152 days
Class
Class II
Product code
CAF
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

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

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K982043Source: 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 CAF devices

CAF Nebulizer (Direct Patient Interface): FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · CAF

7in 2025

2007: 182008: 122009: 82010: 102011: 102012: 92013: 92014: 92015: 82016: 52017: 82018: 92019: 32020: 62021: 82022: 42023: 82024: 42025: 72026 (partial year): 2
2007high 18 (2007) · low 3 (2019)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · CAF

211in 2025

2007: 98 days median2008: 123 days median2009: 163 days median2010: 114 days median2011: 157 days median2012: 126 days median2013: 238 days median2014: 151 days median2015: 186 days median2016: 186 days median2017: 253 days median2018: 161 days median2019: 266 days median2020: 219 days median2021: 324 days median2022: 176 days median2023: 279 days median2024: 251 days median2025: 211 days median
2007high 324 (2021) · low 98 (2007)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · CAF

1in 2018

2007: 12011: 12014: 52015: 32016: 12017: 14, 13 Class I2018: 1
2007high 14 (2017) · low 0 (2008)2026

Class I (13 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · CAF

191in 2025

2007: 262008: 112009: 152010: 372011: 2372012: 1382013: 2172014: 1232015: 1662016: 2012017: 2562018: 1622019: 1852020: 1172021: 1612022: 552023: 1072024: 1022025: 191
2007high 256 (2017) · low 11 (2008)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code CAF, 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
20071898126
200812123011
20098163015
201010114037
2011101571237
201291260138
201392380217
201491515123
201581863166
201651861201
2017825314 (13)256
201891611162
201932660185
202062190117
202183240161
20224176055
202382790107
202442510102
202572110191
20262—0—

What is it indicated for?

This product is a hand held nebulizer that is used to provide acrosolized broncho dialator medication to persons with asthma or emphysema. The device creates acrosolized particles of the prescribed medication via interface with a nebulizer compressor. The compressor creates air pressure which is forced up disposable tubing and into the hand held nebulizer. Inside the hand held nebulizer, the medication is forced via a vacuum created by the air pressure…

Read the full statement (189 words)

This product is a hand held nebulizer that is used to provide acrosolized broncho dialator medication to persons with asthma or emphysema. The device creates acrosolized particles of the prescribed medication via interface with a nebulizer compressor.

The compressor creates air pressure which is forced up disposable tubing and into the hand held nebulizer. Inside the hand held nebulizer, the medication is forced via a vacuum created by the air pressure up into the baffle which mixes the medication with the air, creating the aerosolized particles.

The patient inhales the aerosolized prescribed medication via a mouthpiece which is attached to the hand held nebulizer. The treatment lasts as per his/her physicians orders.

This product contains the exact same technological characteristics of similar devices currently on the market. The product functions exactly as these similar devices.

The product is designed with similar performance characteristics as devices currently on the market. The performance of the device allows it to be used in conjunction with various nasal and oral masks that are currently in distribution in the United States and Europe.

The components found within this product are safe and common items.

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. “K982043: Breneb.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K982043

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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