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) | |
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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.
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.