510(k) Report

FDA product code · Obstetrics and gynecology

Extractor, Vacuum, Fetal

HDBClass II21 CFR 884.4340510(k) required30 decisions since 19775 recalls

30 FDA decisions since 1977. 510(k) reviews decided 2021–2025 took a median of 250 days (half between 250 and 250). 5 recalls name this code, 0 of them Class I. The most-cited predicate is K890307, named by 3 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, obstetrics and gynecology panel

Twenty years of HDB 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 · HDB

1in 2025

2025: 1
2007high 1 (2025) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · HDB

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

Recalls per year · HDB

3in 2008

2008: 32026 (partial year): 1
2007high 3 (2008) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · HDB

17in 2025

2007: 252008: 352009: 122010: 132011: 82012: 92013: 72014: 112015: 132016: 152017: 162018: 252019: 312020: 242021: 212022: 122023: 232024: 242025: 17
2007high 35 (2008) · low 7 (2013)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code HDB, 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—025
20080—335
20090—012
20100—013
20110—08
20120—09
20130—07
20140—011
20150—013
20160—015
20170—016
20180—025
20190—031
20200—024
20210—021
20220—012
20230—023
20240—024
20251—017
20260—1—
FIG. 1 — HDB by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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Related product codes

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