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 33861–33880 of 38,428 recalls

February 12, 2014· CryoLife, Inc.

Recalled Item: On-X Prosthetic Heart Valve with Gelweave Valsalva Graft

The Issue: Mix-up RGA (Return Goods Authorization) leading to 5

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 12, 2014· Abbott Laboratories

Recalled Item: ARCHITECT Intact PTH Calibrators consists of 6 bottles (4.0 mL

The Issue: Abbott has confirmed that a performance shift in

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 12, 2014· Abbott Laboratories

Recalled Item: ARCHITECT Intact PTH Controls consists of 3 x 1 Bottle

The Issue: Abbott has confirmed that a performance shift in

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 12, 2014· Biosense Webster, Inc.

Recalled Item: CartoUnivu Module

The Issue: Biosense Webster has initiated a recall of the

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 11, 2014· Synthes, Inc.

Recalled Item: The Synthes Hohmann Retractor

The Issue: The Synthes Hohmann Retractor was mis-etched on the

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 11, 2014· Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc.

Recalled Item: Pinnacle3 Radiation Therapy Planning (RTP) System

The Issue: Philips Medical Systems have recently determined that a

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 11, 2014· AMS Diagnostics, LLC

Recalled Item: AMS AST For the In vitro quantitative determination of AST

The Issue: Marketing the devices outside 510(k) requirements

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 11, 2014· AMS Diagnostics, LLC

Recalled Item: AMS URIC ACID For the In vitro quantitative determination of

The Issue: Marketing the devices outside 510(k) requirements

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 11, 2014· AMS Diagnostics, LLC

Recalled Item: AMS BUN UREA NITROGEN For the In vitro quantitative determination

The Issue: Marketing the devices outside 510(k) requirements

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 11, 2014· Phillips Respironics, Inc.

Recalled Item: Trilogy Ventilators The Respironics Trilogy 100 system provides continuous or

The Issue: Internal testing revealed a potentially defective component on

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

Class I — Serious Health HazardTerminated
February 10, 2014· Thermedx LLC

Recalled Item: The Thermedx Fluid Management System is designed to provide irrigation

The Issue: A vendor changed the manufacturing process of a

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 10, 2014· Biomerieux Inc

Recalled Item: bioMerieux PREVI Isola System (General purpose

The Issue: The firm has determined the product may fail

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 10, 2014· Heraeus Kulzer, LLC.

Recalled Item: BencoDental tartar & stain remover ultrasonic cleaning solution Product Usage:

The Issue: As the result of a complaint to Heraeus

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 7, 2014· Baxter Healthcare Corp.

Recalled Item: SIGMA SPECTRUM Volumetric Infusion Pump with Master Drug Library Product

The Issue: Baxter Healthcare Corporation has issued an Urgent Device

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

Class I — Serious Health HazardTerminated
February 7, 2014· Pega Medical Inc.

Recalled Item: Pega Medical Inc.

The Issue: The Male Components in this lot are made

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 7, 2014· Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc

Recalled Item: Artis Zee Angiographic x-ray systems.

The Issue: An inappropriate cable connection was assembled for certain

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 7, 2014· Draeger Medical Systems, Inc.

Recalled Item: Draeger PS500 Power Supply Unit of the Infinity ACS Workstation

The Issue: The battery capacity of the optional PS500 Power

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

Class I — Serious Health HazardTerminated
February 7, 2014· Convatec Inc.

Recalled Item: JMS

The Issue: The lumen of the Medline Sterile Foley Catheter

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 7, 2014· Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc

Recalled Item: AXIOM Artis Systems Product usage: Artis zee is a family

The Issue: Certain units of the AXIOM Artis Systems are

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
February 7, 2014· Convatec Inc.

Recalled Item: SLC 3-way standard Lubricious Coated 20Ch/Fr 30 mL/cc Product Usage:

The Issue: The lumen of the Medline Sterile Foley Catheter

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated