510(k) Report

FDA product code · General and plastic surgery

Instrument, Ultrasonic Surgical

LFLClass U510(k) required160 decisions since 198081 recalls

160 FDA decisions since 1980. 510(k) reviews decided 2021–2025 took a median of 143 days (half between 62 and 251). 81 recalls name this code, 0 of them Class I. The most-cited predicate is K981262, named by 11 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, general and plastic surgery panel

Twenty years of LFL 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 · LFL

3in 2025

2007: 72008: 22009: 12010: 22011: 32012: 32013: 52014: 32015: 42016: 52017: 22018: 32019: 42020: 42021: 62022: 82023: 42024: 32025: 32026 (partial year): 3
2007high 8 (2022) · low 1 (2009)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · LFL

176in 2025

2007: 99 days median2011: 241 days median2012: 82 days median2013: 73 days median2014: 136 days median2015: 99 days median2016: 111 days median2018: 66 days median2019: 103 days median2020: 190 days median2021: 83 days median2022: 168 days median2023: 104 days median2024: 158 days median2025: 176 days median2026 (partial year): 99 days median
2007high 241 (2011) · low 66 (2018)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · LFL

11in 2024

2010: 32011: 22012: 52014: 12015: 12017: 12019: 422021: 12023: 22024: 112026 (partial year): 1
2007high 42 (2019) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · LFL

3,857in 2025

2007: 2,2362008: 1,6782009: 3,3242010: 1,2392011: 1,0532012: 1,4912013: 2,4302014: 4,2602015: 2,7772016: 2,6912017: 3,2672018: 3,4612019: 3,1532020: 2,9342021: 3,2892022: 3,4222023: 4,2152024: 4,0172025: 3,857
2007high 4,260 (2014) · low 1,053 (2011)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code LFL, 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
200779902,236
20082—01,678
20091—03,324
20102—31,239
2011324121,053
201238251,491
201357302,430
2014313614,260
201549912,777
2016511102,691
20172—13,267
201836603,461
20194103423,153
2020419002,934
202168313,289
2022816803,422
2023410424,215
20243158114,017
2025317603,857
20263991—
FIG. 1 — LFL by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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