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. 2021 May 6;4(5):e217274. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.7274

Table 1. Overview of Device Recalls and Total Recall Eventsa.

Approval pathway Total No. of devices Total No. (%) Total No. of recalls No. (%) of devices with multiple recalls Total No. of class I recall events (% of total recalls)
Recalled devices Devices with class I recall
510(k) 28 246 3012 (10.7) 216 (0.8) 5218 960 (3.4) 269 (5.2)
PMA 310 84 (27.1) 16 (5.2) 144 26 (8.4) 28 (19.4)

Abbreviation: PMA, premarket approval.

a

Total number of devices cleared or approved for each pathway from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2017. The recall analysis was carried out to December 31, 2019, to provide a follow-up of 2 to 12 years.