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Airlife Heated Ventilator and Breathing Circuits

K993833510(k) SpecialCleared Dec 10, 199928-day reviewClass II21 CFR 868.5270

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

Allegiance Healthcare Corp. · BZE Heater, Breathing System W/Wo Controller (Not Humidifier Or Nebulizer

Cleared on Dec 10, 1999 after a 28-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
Dec 10, 1999
Review
28 days
Class
Class II
Product code
BZE
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K993833Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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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.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*—Isothermal Heated Ventilator and Anesthesia Breathing Circuits
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 BZE devices

BZE Heater, Breathing System W/Wo Controller (Not Humidifier Or Nebulizer: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · BZE

1in 2025

2010: 22011: 12012: 22014: 12015: 12016: 52017: 12018: 12021: 12023: 12024: 22025: 12026 (partial year): 2
2007high 5 (2016) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · BZE

241in 2016

2016: 241 days median
2007high 241 (2016)2026

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

Recalls per year · BZE

No recall names BZE since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · BZE

193in 2025

2007: 692008: 742009: 802010: 1262011: 1922012: 3342013: 3872014: 3382015: 1552016: 2142017: 2092018: 1032019: 1342020: 1232021: 1242022: 1522023: 1252024: 1722025: 193
2007high 387 (2013) · low 69 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code BZE, 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—069
20080—074
20090—080
20102—0126
20111—0192
20122—0334
20130—0387
20141—0338
20151—0155
201652410214
20171—0209
20181—0103
20190—0134
20200—0123
20211—0124
20220—0152
20231—0125
20242—0172
20251—0193
20262—0—

What is it indicated for?

Breathing system heaters are defined as a device that is intended to warm breathing gases before they enter a patient’s airway.

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. “K993833: Airlife Heated Ventilator and Breathing Circuits.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K993833

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Record history
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  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026