510(k) Report

FDA product code · General and plastic surgery

Suture, Surgical, Nonabsorbable, Expanded, Polytetraflouroethylene

NBYClass II21 CFR 878.5035510(k) required17 decisions since 20000 recalls

17 FDA decisions since 2000. 510(k) reviews decided 2021–2025 took a median of 190 days (half between 190 and 190). No recall names this code. The most-cited predicate is K072076, named by 7 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 NBY 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 · NBY

1in 2023

2007: 12013: 12014: 22016: 12017: 32018: 42019: 32023: 1
2007high 4 (2018) · low 0 (2008)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · NBY

58in 2019

2017: 161 days median2018: 99 days median2019: 58 days median
2007high 161 (2017) · low 58 (2019)2026

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

Recalls per year · NBY

No recall names NBY since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · NBY

1in 2025

2008: 12009: 12021: 42022: 42023: 52024: 32025: 1
2007high 5 (2023) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code NBY, 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—00
20080—01
20090—01
20100—00
20110—00
20120—00
20131—00
20142—00
20150—00
20161—00
2017316100
201849900
201935800
20200—00
20210—04
20220—04
20231—05
20240—03
20250—01
20260—0—
FIG. 1 — NBY by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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