MSH

Respirator, Surgical

Product code
MSH
Device name
Respirator, Surgical
Device class
Class 2
21 CFR
21 CFR 878.4040
Medical specialty
General, Plastic Surgery
Marketing pathway
510(K) Exempt
510(k) clearances (last 3 years)
35

FDA classification definition

A surgical N95 respirator or N95 filtering facepiece respirator is not exempt if it is intended to prevent specific diseases or infections, or it is labeled or otherwise represented as filtering surgical smoke or plumes, filtering specific amounts of viruses or bacteria, reducing the amount of and/or killing viruses, bacteria, or fungi, or affecting allergenicity, or it contains coating technologies unrelated to filtration (e.g., to reduce and or kill microorganisms).  Surgical N95 respirators and N95 filtering facepiece respirators are exempt from the premarket notification procedures subject to 21 CFR 878.9 and the conditions for exemption identified in 21 CFR 878.4040(b)(1).

Definition text from the FDA device classification database (U.S. federal government work, public domain).

510(k) clearances, last 3 years (1)

Last three years. Most recent: 2024-01-12.

NumberDecision dateApplicantDevice nameSummary
K2330222024-01-12Owens & Minor (O&M) Halyard, Inc.Halyard Fluidshield 3 N95 Particulate Filter RespiraPDF

1 summaries are archived here for direct download.

Official FDA classification page: MSH
Classification and pathway per current FDA publications. Data from openFDA (CC0).