FDA product code · General and plastic surgery
System, Ablation, Ultrasound And Accessories
6 FDA decisions since 2004. No recall names this code. The most-cited predicate is K040641, named by 3 later devices.
Intended for use as a surgical tool for coagulation and ablation of soft tissue. This differs from the description in the regulation in that this device is not intended to cut tissue and this device uses high intensity ultrasound energy instead of electrosurgery or electrocautery.
Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly Download the data (CSV)
Twenty years of NTB 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 · NTB
1in 2016
2026 to Oct 25, outlined.
Median 510(k) review, days · NTB
Too few NTB 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.
Recalls per year · NTB
No recall names NTB since 2007.
Adverse event reports per year · NTB
2in 2012
MAUDE reports naming product code NTB, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.
View these four charts as a table
| Year | Decisions | Median 510(k) review, days | Recalls (Class I) | MAUDE reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | — | 0 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | — | 0 | 19 |
| 2010 | 0 | — | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
Planning a device in NTB? A 510(k) Report ranks candidate predicates in this code by lineage, citations and recall history, with the review-time outlook.
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Other codes under 21 CFR 878.4400.