510(k) Report

FDA product code · General and plastic surgery

Prosthesis, Breast, Inflatable, Internal, Saline

FWMClass III21 CFR 878.3530PMA required3 decisions since 20006 recalls

3 FDA decisions since 2000. 6 recalls name this code, 0 of them Class I.

Call for PMAs to be filed by 11/17/99 per 64 FR 45161 on 8/19/99

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 FWM 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 · FWM

6in 2025

2007: 32008: 32009: 32012: 12013: 72014: 112015: 62016: 122017: 142018: 62019: 52020: 72021: 92022: 42023: 62024: 72025: 62026 (partial year): 4
2007high 14 (2017) · low 0 (2010)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · FWM

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

Recalls per year · FWM

1in 2021

2019: 12021: 1
2007high 1 (2019) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · FWM

8,724in 2025

2007: 3072008: 2682009: 1232010: 1262011: 992012: 1422013: 1052014: 812015: 1102016: 1642017: 4,4872018: 13,2232019: 15,4652020: 14,0222021: 11,3502022: 13,6412023: 10,6402024: 9,4502025: 8,724
2007high 15,465 (2019) · low 81 (2014)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code FWM, 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
20073—0307
20083—0268
20093—0123
20100—0126
20110—099
20121—0142
20137—0105
201411—081
20156—0110
201612—0164
201714—04,487
20186—013,223
20195—115,465
20207—014,022
20219—111,350
20224—013,641
20236—010,640
20247—09,450
20256—08,724
20264—0—
FIG. 1 — FWM by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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