510(k) Report

FDA product code · General hospital

Automated Endoscope Channel Cleaner

SEWClass II21 CFR 880.6994510(k) required2 decisions since 20250 recalls

2 FDA decisions since 2025. No recall names this code. The most-cited predicate is DEN240018, named by 1 later device.

An automated endoscope channel cleaner is a device intended to replace all or a portion of manual cleaning of internal passages and ports of compatible reusable flexible endoscopes. Cleaning is conducted using an agent that exerts physical force (e.g., friction) on single or multiple channels of compatible endoscopes for removal of soil. This device type is not intended to provide or replace high-level disinfection…

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 SEW 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 · SEW

1in 2025

2025: 12026 (partial year): 1
2007high 1 (2025) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · SEW

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

Recalls per year · SEW

No recall names SEW since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · SEW

No MAUDE report names SEW since 2007.

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
20130—00
20140—00
20150—00
20160—00
20170—00
20180—00
20190—00
20200—00
20210—00
20220—00
20230—00
20240—00
20251—00
20261—0—
FIG. 1 — SEW by year, 2007–2026Sources: FDA decision databases, recall and enforcement reports, MAUDE · Data through Oct 25, 2026

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