510(k) Report

FDA product code · General and plastic surgery

Suture, Surgical, Absorbable, Polydioxanone

NEWClass II21 CFR 878.4840510(k) required67 decisions since 198211 recalls

67 FDA decisions since 1982. 510(k) reviews decided 2021–2025 took a median of 185 days (half between 44 and 272). 11 recalls name this code, 0 of them Class I. The most-cited predicate is K051609, 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 NEW 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 · NEW

6in 2025

2007: 22008: 52010: 32011: 12012: 32013: 52014: 12015: 22016: 32017: 12018: 32019: 42020: 32021: 12022: 12023: 12024: 32025: 62026 (partial year): 5
2007high 6 (2025) · low 0 (2009)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · NEW

146in 2025

2008: 22 days median2010: 270 days median2012: 113 days median2013: 32 days median2016: 254 days median2018: 441 days median2019: 144 days median2020: 230 days median2024: 48 days median2025: 146 days median2026 (partial year): 264 days median
2007high 441 (2018) · low 22 (2008)2026

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

Recalls per year · NEW

1in 2022

2008: 12009: 42012: 12013: 12014: 12019: 22022: 1
2007high 4 (2009) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · NEW

2,504in 2025

2007: 72008: 292009: 422010: 1152011: 592012: 822013: 1852014: 2742015: 2802016: 3212017: 4612018: 9002019: 1,1222020: 1,0102021: 1,4662022: 1,5372023: 1,9752024: 2,1142025: 2,504
2007high 2,504 (2025) · low 7 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code NEW, 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
20072—07
2008522129
20090—442
201032700115
20111—059
20123113182
20135321185
20141—1274
20152—0280
201632540321
20171—0461
201834410900
2019414421,122
2020323001,010
20211—01,466
20221—11,537
20231—01,975
202434802,114
2025614602,504
202652640—
FIG. 1 — NEW by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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