Medical Device Recalls

This is our largest category by volume. The FDA tracks recalls for an enormous range of medical devices: implants, pacemakers, insulin pumps, surgical tools, blood glucose monitors, X-ray machines, prosthetics, contact lenses, and home health equipment, among many others. We have records dating back to 2005 and add new ones as the FDA publishes them.

Device recalls can happen because of software bugs, manufacturing defects, bacterial contamination, incorrect labeling, or design flaws that lead to inaccurate results or equipment failure. Class I recalls are the most serious and mean the device could cause injury or death.

38,428 total recalls
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Showing 30161–30180 of 38,428 recalls

May 1, 2015· Integra LifeSciences Corp. d.b.a. Integra Pain Management

Recalled Item: Integra¿ Long Epidural Steroid Injection Needle (Tuohy Needle)

The Issue: Integra LifeSciences Corp. d.b.a. Integra Pain Management Announces

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
May 1, 2015· Beaver-Visitec International Inc.

Recalled Item: BVI Custom Eyes¿ Ophthalmic Procedure Kits with the component -Devon

The Issue: Devon Light Glove in procedure kits may have

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
May 1, 2015· Beaver-Visitec International Inc.

Recalled Item: BVI Custom Eyes¿ Ophthalmic Procedure Kits with the component -Devon

The Issue: Devon Light Glove in procedure kits may have

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
May 1, 2015· Beaver-Visitec International Inc.

Recalled Item: BVI Custom Eyes¿ Ophthalmic Procedure Kits with the component -Devon

The Issue: Devon Light Glove in procedure kits may have

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
May 1, 2015· Beaver-Visitec International Inc.

Recalled Item: BVI Custom Eyes¿ Ophthalmic Procedure Kits with the component -Devon

The Issue: Devon Light Glove in procedure kits may have

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
May 1, 2015· Beaver-Visitec International Inc.

Recalled Item: BVI Custom Eyes¿ Ophthalmic Procedure Kits with the component -Devon

The Issue: Devon Light Glove in procedure kits may have

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
May 1, 2015· Biomet, Inc.

Recalled Item: Unilateral external fixation ankle clamp Product Usage: Unilateral external...

The Issue: Ankle clamp was assembled incorrectly; the offset of

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
May 1, 2015· Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation

Recalled Item: Base for Terumo Advanced Perfusion System 1

The Issue: Terumo CVS is implementing field correction activities to

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
May 1, 2015· Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation

Recalled Item: 100/120V AC

The Issue: Terumo CVS is implementing field correction activities to

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
April 30, 2015· Smith & Nephew, Inc.

Recalled Item: ULTRA-FAST FIX Knot Pusher Suture Cutters Product Number: 72201537 Intended

The Issue: Sterility of device maybe compromised

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
April 30, 2015· Neuro Kinetics, Inc.

Recalled Item: I-Portal¿ NOTC and VNG

The Issue: complaints of system malfunction and unintended, sudden movement

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
April 30, 2015· Zimmer, Inc.

Recalled Item: PRI Femoral Impactor Block for knee prosthesis surgery. Orthopedic Manual

The Issue: Foreign Object Contamination

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
April 29, 2015· Centurion Medical Products Corporation

Recalled Item: Convenience Kits from Centurion that contain a Medtronic/Covidien Light Glove

The Issue: Kits from Centurion contain a Medtronic/Covidien Light Glove

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
April 29, 2015· Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

Recalled Item: EasyLink Data Management System

The Issue: System Limitations and Software Issues related to the

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
April 29, 2015· HeartWare Inc

Recalled Item: HeartWare Ventricular Assist System (HVAD) For use as a bridge-to-cardiac

The Issue: Complaints with the HVAD Abnormal Power Source Switching

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardOngoing
April 29, 2015· LifeHealth, LLC

Recalled Item: LifeHealth

The Issue: The barometric pressure measurement output of this particular

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
April 29, 2015· HeartWare Inc

Recalled Item: HeartWare Ventricular Assist System (HVAD). Catalog #'s US: 1101 and

The Issue: Complaints with the HVAD Internal Controller Alarm Battery

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class I — Serious Health HazardOngoing
April 29, 2015· HeartWare Inc

Recalled Item: HeartWare Ventricular Assist System (HVAD) For use as a bridge-to-cardiac

The Issue: Complaints with the HVAD Discolored and Cracked Driveline

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class II — Potential Health HazardOngoing
April 29, 2015· HeartWare Inc

Recalled Item: HeartWare Ventricular Assist System (HVAD). Catalog #: 1101

The Issue: Complaints with the HVAD Retraction of Pins within

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class I — Serious Health HazardOngoing
April 29, 2015· HeartWare Inc

Recalled Item: HeartWare Ventricular Assist System (HVAD). Catalog #'s US: 1101 and

The Issue: HeartWare has received complaints relating to damage or

Recommended Action: Stop using. Contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Class I — Serious Health HazardOngoing