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PMA · Approved

Approved

Trimedyne's Laserprobe-PLR{TM} Catheter & Optilase

P860042/S017PMAApproved Sep 11, 1990585-day reviewClass III

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

Trimedyne, Inc. · LWX Device. Laser Peripheral Angioplasty

Approved on Sep 11, 1990 through premarket approval, which rests on the device’s own clinical evidence after a 585-day review.

Decided
Sep 11, 1990
Review
585 days
Class
Class III
Product code
LWX
Recalls
None

PMA approvals rest on their own clinical evidence and do not claim a predicate, so this family tree starts here.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of P860042/S017Source: FDA PMA database · How lineage is built

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Does it have a predicate?

PMA decisions do not claim a predicate device.

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 LWX devices

LWX Device. Laser Peripheral Angioplasty: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · LWX

FDA has decided no LWX device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · LWX

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

Recalls per year · LWX

No recall names LWX since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · LWX

No MAUDE report names LWX since 2007.

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510(k) Report. “P860042/S017: Trimedyne's Laserprobe-PLR{TM} Catheter & Optilase.” Lineage record from FDA PMA data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/P860042/S017

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  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026