FDA Product Code FYD: Apparatus, Exhaust, Surgical

Smoke evacuation in the operating room protects surgical team members from toxic surgical plume. FDA product code FYD covers surgical exhaust apparatus used to capture and filter electrosurgical and laser smoke.

These devices use suction and filtration to capture surgical plume at the source, preventing inhalation of particulates, viable cellular material, and toxic chemicals released during electrosurgery, laser procedures, and powered bone cutting.

FYD devices are Class II medical devices, regulated under 21 CFR 878.5070 and reviewed by the FDA General Hospital panel.

Leading manufacturers include Buffalo Filter Co., Inc., I.C Medical, Inc. and Megadyne Medical Products, Inc..