510(k) Report

FDA product code · Cardiovascular

Heart-Valve, Non-Allograft Tissue

LWRClass IIIPMA required12 decisions since 19792 recalls

12 FDA decisions since 1979. 2 recalls name this code, 0 of them Class I.

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, cardiovascular panel

Twenty years of LWR 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 · LWR

27in 2025

2007: 82008: 72009: 152010: 172011: 252012: 182013: 312014: 272015: 142016: 272017: 542018: 642019: 502020: 322021: 182022: 372023: 262024: 272025: 272026 (partial year): 19
2007high 64 (2018) · low 7 (2008)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · LWR

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

Recalls per year · LWR

1in 2016

2014: 12016: 1
2007high 1 (2014) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · LWR

1,866in 2025

2007: 7032008: 1,5522009: 3762010: 2792011: 2582012: 7182013: 3262014: 3652015: 5252016: 7362017: 1,3672018: 1,5932019: 1,8552020: 1,4372021: 1,5502022: 1,0842023: 1,5922024: 1,8292025: 1,866
2007high 1,866 (2025) · low 258 (2011)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code LWR, 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
20078—0703
20087—01,552
200915—0376
201017—0279
201125—0258
201218—0718
201331—0326
201427—1365
201514—0525
201627—1736
201754—01,367
201864—01,593
201950—01,855
202032—01,437
202118—01,550
202237—01,084
202326—01,592
202427—01,829
202527—01,866
202619—0—
FIG. 1 — LWR by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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