510(k) Report

FDA product code · General and plastic surgery

Dressing, Wound, Drug

FROClass U510(k) required710 decisions since 197840 recalls

710 FDA decisions since 1978. 510(k) reviews decided 2021–2025 took a median of 263 days (half between 166 and 366). 40 recalls name this code, 2 of them Class I. The most-cited predicate is K073547, named by 17 later devices.

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

FIG. A — Illustration, general and plastic surgery panel

Twenty years of FRO at a glance: how often FDA decides these devices, how long 510(k) reviews take, how often they are recalled, and how many adverse event reports name the code.

FDA decisions per year · FRO

11in 2025

2007: 292008: 262009: 312010: 312011: 272012: 242013: 192014: 222015: 282016: 282017: 232018: 202019: 162020: 122021: 82022: 92023: 182024: 242025: 112026 (partial year): 17
2007high 31 (2009) · low 8 (2021)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · FRO

176in 2025

2007: 187 days median2008: 130 days median2009: 136 days median2010: 146 days median2011: 177 days median2012: 96 days median2013: 194 days median2014: 214 days median2015: 249 days median2016: 222 days median2017: 147 days median2018: 206 days median2019: 270 days median2020: 226 days median2021: 275 days median2022: 332 days median2023: 283 days median2024: 263 days median2025: 176 days median2026 (partial year): 254 days median
2007high 332 (2022) · low 96 (2012)2026

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

Recalls per year · FRO

2in 2024

2007: 42008: 12009: 12011: 42013: 12014: 12015: 22016: 32017: 12019: 12021: 62022: 22023: 2, 2 Class I2024: 22026 (partial year): 2
2007high 6 (2021) · low 0 (2010)2026

Class I (2 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · FRO

192in 2025

2007: 552008: 302009: 452010: 1222011: 422012: 652013: 1392014: 2692015: 2972016: 1472017: 1492018: 1282019: 1362020: 1392021: 1832022: 1762023: 1982024: 2322025: 192
2007high 297 (2015) · low 30 (2008)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code FRO, 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
200729187455
200826130130
200931136145
2010311460122
201127177442
20122496065
2013191941139
2014222141269
2015282492297
2016282223147
2017231471149
2018202060128
2019162701136
2020122260139
202182756183
202293322176
2023182832 (2)198
2024242632232
2025111760192
2026172542—
FIG. 1 — FRO by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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