510(k) Report

FDA product code · General hospital

Sterilizer Automated Loading System

PECClass II21 CFR 880.6880510(k) required1 decision since 20130 recalls

1 FDA decision since 2013. No recall names this code.

Provides automated loading and unloading of instruments requiring sterilization for increasing hospital work flow efficiencies. The system consists of a user interface, loading conveyor, load transport shuttles, unloading conveyor to be used as an accessory to a sterilizer.

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 hospital panel

Twenty years of PEC 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 · PEC

1in 2013

2013: 1
2007high 1 (2013) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · PEC

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

Recalls per year · PEC

No recall names PEC since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · PEC

1in 2021

2018: 12019: 72020: 12021: 1
2007high 7 (2019) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code PEC, 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
20070—00
20080—00
20090—00
20100—00
20110—00
20120—00
20131—00
20140—00
20150—00
20160—00
20170—00
20180—01
20190—07
20200—01
20210—01
20220—00
20230—00
20240—00
20250—00
20260—0—
FIG. 1 — PEC by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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Related product codes

Other codes under 21 CFR 880.6880.