510(k) Report

FDA product code · Physical medicine

Cover, Limb

IPMClass I21 CFR 890.3025510(k) exempt6 decisions since 19760 recalls

FDA lists IPM as exempt from 510(k): a device of this type needs no clearance unless one of the limits in 21 CFR 890.9 applies, such as a new intended use or a different fundamental technology. 6 FDA decisions since 1976. 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, physical medicine panel

Twenty years of IPM 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 · IPM

FDA has decided no IPM device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · IPM

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

Recalls per year · IPM

No recall names IPM since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · IPM

1in 2020

2011: 22015: 22016: 12020: 1
2007high 2 (2011) · low 0 (2007)2025

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

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Related product codes

Other codes under 21 CFR 890.3025.