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. 2020 Oct 12;180(12):1701–1703. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3214

Table 1. Characteristics of Novel Moderate-Risk Therapeutic Devices Cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Through the De Novo Pathway Between 2011 and 2019.

Characteristic No. (%) (N = 63) Examples (if applicable)
Device characteristic
Implantable
Yes 10 (16) Stents such as a biliary stent system for treatment of benign strictures
No 53 (84) Weight loss treatments, including software and transient space occupiers
Life sustaining
Yes 0
No 63 (100)
Clinical use
Neurology 18 (29) Nerve stimulators used for treatment of tremors, headaches, and migraines
Gastroenterology and urology 13 (21) Treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia including ultrasound tissue ablation and embolic devices
General and plastic surgery 10 (16) Hemostatic devices
Otolaryngology 5 (8) Hearing aids
Ophthalmology 4 (6) Nerve stimulators to increase tear production
Other 13 (21) Ventilation devices to treat patients with sleep disorders, carbon monoxide poisoning, and hypoxemia
Postmarket experience
FDA-required postmarket study
Yes 1 (2) Powered exoskeleton to assist ambulation
No 62 (98) Transcatheter aortic valve replacement embolic protection system that failed primary end point of reduction in new lesion volume within protected brain territories
Highest recall class
Class I 0
Class II 6 (10) Endoscopic hemostat recalled due to malfunction that could cause delay in hemostasis
Class III 0
No recall 57 (90)
Used as predicate for 510(k) device
Yes 32 (51) Catheter for balloon aortic valvuloplasty that served as a predicate for 15 510(k)-cleared devices
No 31 (49)