510(k) Report

PMA · Approved

Approved

VH8500 Hyperthermia Treatment System

P880078PMAApproved Oct 17, 1989351-day reviewClass III

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

Cook, Inc. · LMZ Applicator, Hyperthermia, Interstitial

Approved on Oct 17, 1989 through premarket approval, which rests on the device’s own clinical evidence after a 351-day review.

Decided
Oct 17, 1989
Review
351 days
Class
Class III
Product code
LMZ
Recalls
None

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

P880078 has 10 supplements since 1990: changes to the approved device, its labelling or its manufacturing, each approved separately.

PMA supplements approved per year

1990: 11991: 31992: 41993: 11994: 1
1990high 4 (1992) · low 1 (1990)1994
View FIG. 1 as a table
YearSupplements approved
19901
19913
19924
19931
19941
FIG. 1 — Supplements to P880078, 1990–1994Source: FDA PMA database

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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 LMZ devices

LMZ Applicator, Hyperthermia, Interstitial: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · LMZ

FDA has decided no LMZ device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · LMZ

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

Recalls per year · LMZ

No recall names LMZ since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · LMZ

No MAUDE report names LMZ since 2007.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
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20130—00
20140—00
20150—00
20160—00
20170—00
20180—00
20190—00
20200—00
20210—00
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20230—00
20240—00
20250—00
20260—0—
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510(k) Report. “P880078: VH8500 Hyperthermia Treatment System.” Lineage record from FDA PMA data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 5, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/P880078

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