510(k) · Cleared
ClearedSof-Suction Fluid Evacuation System
Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly
X-Tech Medical, LLC · HOZ Sponge, Ophthalmic
Cleared on Apr 2, 1999 after a 25-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
- Decided
- Apr 2, 1999
- Review
- 25 days
- Class
- Class II
- Product code
- HOZ
- Recalls
- None
- Predicates
- 0
The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
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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- Recall history across each candidate’s familyin the report
What was it cleared against? (2)
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.
| Type | Number | Device | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
| * | — | Merocel Sponge Points Named without a submission number | |
| * | — | Datex-Ohmeda Suction Tubing 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 HOZ devicesHOZ Sponge, Ophthalmic: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.
FDA decisions per year · HOZ
2in 2013
2026 to Oct 25, outlined.
Median 510(k) review, days · HOZ
Too few HOZ 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.
Recalls per year · HOZ
3in 2024
Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified
Adverse event reports per year · HOZ
3in 2025
MAUDE reports naming product code HOZ, 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 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
What is it indicated for?
The Sof-Suction™ Fluid Evacuation System is used to remove excess irrigation fluids from the medial canthus of the eye during microscopic eye surgery to mitigate the effects of disturbing reflections from the fluid surface and to prevent stagnant irrigating fluid from entering the eye
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/K990749 · printed Nov 6, 2026
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510(k) Report. “K990749: Sof-Suction Fluid Evacuation System.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K990749
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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