510(k) Report

FDA product code · Gastroenterology and urology

Catheter, Nephrostomy

LJEClass U510(k) required56 decisions since 19827 recalls

56 FDA decisions since 1982. 510(k) reviews decided 2021–2025 took a median of 257 days (half between 196 and 260). 7 recalls name this code, 0 of them Class I. The most-cited predicate is K121614, 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, gastroenterology and urology panel

Twenty years of LJE 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 · LJE

1in 2025

2007: 12008: 12012: 12014: 12016: 12017: 12018: 32019: 42020: 22022: 12023: 12025: 1
2007high 4 (2019) · low 0 (2009)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · LJE

254in 2019

2018: 107 days median2019: 254 days median
2007high 254 (2019) · low 107 (2018)2026

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

Recalls per year · LJE

1in 2025

2007: 12016: 12019: 12020: 22021: 12025: 1
2007high 2 (2020) · low 0 (2008)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · LJE

59in 2025

2007: 52008: 82009: 122010: 62011: 152012: 162013: 152014: 42015: 92016: 262017: 602018: 692019: 782020: 502021: 382022: 422023: 1312024: 472025: 59
2007high 131 (2023) · low 4 (2014)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code LJE, 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
20071—15
20081—08
20090—012
20100—06
20110—015
20121—016
20130—015
20141—04
20150—09
20161—126
20171—060
20183107069
20194254178
20202—250
20210—138
20221—042
20231—0131
20240—047
20251—159
20260—0—
FIG. 1 — LJE by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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