510(k) Report

FDA product code · General and plastic surgery

Suture, Absorbable

GAKClass II21 CFR 878.4830510(k) required1 decision since 19800 recalls

1 FDA decision since 1980. No recall names this code.

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 GAK 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 · GAK

FDA has decided no GAK device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · GAK

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

Recalls per year · GAK

No recall names GAK since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · GAK

24in 2025

2007: 22008: 52009: 52010: 222011: 22012: 32014: 22015: 12016: 232017: 12018: 72019: 242020: 222021: 132022: 202023: 332024: 292025: 24
2007high 33 (2023) · low 0 (2013)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code GAK, 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—02
20080—05
20090—05
20100—022
20110—02
20120—03
20130—00
20140—02
20150—01
20160—023
20170—01
20180—07
20190—024
20200—022
20210—013
20220—020
20230—033
20240—029
20250—024
20260—0—
FIG. 1 — GAK by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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