510(k) Report

FDA product code · General and plastic surgery

Apparatus, Suction, Single Patient Use, Portable, Nonpowered

GCYClass I21 CFR 878.4680510(k) exempt96 decisions since 197662 recalls

FDA lists GCY as exempt from 510(k): a device of this type needs no clearance unless one of the limits in 21 CFR 878.9 applies, such as a new intended use or a different fundamental technology. 96 FDA decisions since 1976. 62 recalls name this code, 0 of them Class I. The most-cited predicate is K801766, named by 1 later device.

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 GCY 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 · GCY

FDA has decided no GCY device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · GCY

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

Recalls per year · GCY

1in 2018

2008: 382009: 22010: 12011: 122018: 1
2007high 38 (2008) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · GCY

178in 2025

2007: 2462008: 2052009: 2312010: 1242011: 582012: 472013: 702014: 952015: 932016: 1452017: 2602018: 1802019: 2002020: 2022021: 2162022: 962023: 902024: 742025: 178
2007high 260 (2017) · low 47 (2012)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code GCY, 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—0246
20080—38205
20090—2231
20100—1124
20110—1258
20120—047
20130—070
20140—095
20150—093
20160—0145
20170—0260
20180—1180
20190—0200
20200—0202
20210—0216
20220—096
20230—090
20240—074
20250—0178
20260—0—
FIG. 1 — GCY by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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