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Morpheus8 — FDA clearance record and published evidence

InMode , Ltd. · RF & Microneedling · Radiofrequency microneedling

510(k) · cleared510(k)A submission in which a company shows the FDA that its device works much like a device already legally on sale, so the company does not have to prove the whole thing over from scratch.Class IIClass IIThe FDA's middle-risk group, which is where most aesthetic lasers, energy devices and fillers sit, and which normally reaches the market through the 510(k) route.K240017K-numberThe reference the FDA stamps on a 510(k) submission, written like K123456, which is how you pull up the exact record for a device.
Pathway510(k) · cleared
ClassII
First cleared2019
Years on market7
Studies354
Trials37

A 510(k) device is cleared, not approved — a different route, not a lesser one.

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Shares treatment areas — not a recommendation.

Overview

ModalityModalityA family of treatments that work the same way — such as radiofrequency microneedling, or lasers that leave the skin surface intact — rather than any one branded machine.
Radiofrequency microneedling
Manufacturer
InMode , Ltd.
Category
RF & Microneedling
Latest decision
FDA records
3
MappingCrosswalkThe mapping this site keeps between records that no single source links up, such as tying a brand name to the FDA codes and the study searches that describe the same thing.
Verified

Mapping is the weakest link on this page; the rule is published.

Regulatory

Identifiers on file, copied from the openFDA response. Each links to its FDA public record.
IdentifierTypeRoleFDA record
K192695510(k) — clearedOpen →
K231790510(k) — clearedOpen →
K240017510(k) — clearedPrimaryOpen →
FDA product codes on the matched records.
CodeFDA device name21 CFR
GEIElectrosurgical, Cutting & Coagulation & Accessories878.4400

Cleared indication: not transcribed here — read it on K240017 →

EUDAMEDEUDAMEDThe European Union's public database where devices and their makers are listed, so an entry there records that a device exists in the European system and is not any kind of approval or clearance.Also registered in the EU
Listed as
Morpheus8 Burst applicator by Ignite RF
Manufacturer
InMode ltd.
Basic UDI-DIBasic UDI-DIThe European reference for a whole family of devices that share the same purpose and design, so several sizes or models sit under one of these.
7290016633AG613055x4X
UDI-DIUDI-DIThe European reference for one specific model, size or configuration of a device.
07290019863120
Risk classRisk classEurope's own risk grouping for devices, which runs from I to III and does not line up one-to-one with the FDA's classes.
Class IIb
Status in EUDAMED
On the market

Registered in EUDAMED, the EU device database. A registration, not an approval.

Evidence

Counted for the modality, never the brand.

354PubMed, all time
304PubMed, 10y
37Studies
1Recruiting
Radiofrequency microneedling — PubMed records per year, 2016–2026 (2026 partial)
Radiofrequency microneedling
201619
201711
201820
201925
202031
202142
202248
202329
202444
202549
202638
49papers · 2025 · modality, not brand+11%

PubMed counts publications; ClinicalTrials.gov counts registrations. Neither is a quality score.

What that literature is made of

By publication type · all years

All records on this querythe set every row below is drawn from354
Systematic review / meta-analysis7.1% of the total25
Randomised controlled trial14.7% of the total52
Clinical trial (any type)22.3% of the total79
Review19.2% of the total68
Case report5.9% of the total21
Radiofrequency microneedling — PubMed records by publication type, all years
PubMed records
All records on this query354
Systematic review / meta-analysis25
Randomised controlled trial52
Clinical trial (any type)79
Review68
Case report21

Each row is one publication typePublication typeThe label the literature index attaches to a paper to say what kind of work it is, which is assigned by the index rather than by this site., and the rows overlap: PubMed explodes Clinical trial, so it already contains the randomised trials, and the systematic-review subset intersects Review. They do not sum to the total. Bar length is the count against this modality's own query total; rows are in the order the source file defines them, not by size.

What each modality's PubMed total is made of, by publication type. Counting study types is not a quality assessment.

PubMed query, verbatim

("radiofrequency microneedling"[tiab] OR "microneedle radiofrequency"[tiab] OR "fractional radiofrequency"[tiab] OR "microneedling radiofrequency"[tiab]) AND (skin[tiab] OR cutaneous[tiab] OR wrinkle*[tiab] OR rhytid*[tiab] OR scar*[tiab] OR laxity[tiab] OR rejuvenation[tiab])

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ClinicalTrials.gov query, verbatim

intervention: ("radiofrequency microneedling" OR "microneedle radiofrequency" OR "fractional radiofrequency") condition: (skin OR wrinkles OR "acne scars" OR "skin laxity" OR rejuvenation)

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Treatment areas

What matched, and where
AreaMatched termSource string
Wrinkles & lineswrinkleClinicalTrials.gov condition query for Radiofrequency microneedling
Skin laxityskin laxityClinicalTrials.gov condition query for Radiofrequency microneedling
Photoaging & rejuvenationrejuvenationClinicalTrials.gov condition query for Radiofrequency microneedling
ScarsscarClinicalTrials.gov condition query for Radiofrequency microneedling

Derived by keyword rule, not the cleared or approved indication.

Sources

No adverse-event data is published anywhere on this site.