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 37301–37320 of 38,428 recalls

August 3, 2012· Instrumentation Laboratory Co.

Recalled Item: Instrumentation Laboratory ACL TOP 500 CTS PN 0000280040 ACL TOP

The Issue: Low Abnormal Fibrinogen Sample Reports as Normal and

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
August 3, 2012· Newport Medical Instruments Inc

Recalled Item: Newport HT70 and HT70 Plus Ventilators

The Issue: May emit a continuous high priority alarm and

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

Class I — Serious Health HazardTerminated
August 3, 2012· Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc

Recalled Item: The Brilliance 6

The Issue: The patient support may move in an unintended

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
August 3, 2012· Medical Specialties Distributors, Inc.

Recalled Item: Medstream 81" (206 cm) 20 Drop Standard bore Universal Administration

The Issue: Devices leaking at the Y-site

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
August 2, 2012· Kreg Medical Inc.

Recalled Item: E-Z WIDER BARIATRIC CHAIR BED

The Issue: An EZ Wider bed (capacity of 1000 lb

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
August 2, 2012· Hospira, Inc.

Recalled Item: Sterile Empty Vial and Injector (30mL PCA vial)

The Issue: Reports of leaking during filling and administration

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
August 2, 2012· Steris Corporation

Recalled Item: 100 ft roll of tubing inside a cardboard box. Medical

The Issue: On 7/20/2012 the firm became aware that a

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

Class III — Low RiskTerminated
August 2, 2012· Phadia US Inc

Recalled Item: PHADIA Varelisa Cardiolipin IgM Cardiolipin autoantibody immunological test...

The Issue: Customers were not following the labeled assay procedure

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

Class III — Low RiskTerminated
August 1, 2012· GE Healthcare, LLC

Recalled Item: GE Healthcare Optima XR 220amx 30kw Mobile X-ray System The

The Issue: GE Healthcare has become aware of a software

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
August 1, 2012· GE Healthcare, LLC

Recalled Item: GE Healthcare Optima XR 200 amx with Digital Upgrade. The

The Issue: GE Healthcare has become aware of a software

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
August 1, 2012· GE Healthcare, LLC

Recalled Item: GE Healthcare Optima XR 220amx 15kw Mobile X-Ray System The

The Issue: GE Healthcare has become aware of a software

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
August 1, 2012· Steris Corporation

Recalled Item: The SYSTEM 1E Liquid Sterilant Processing System. The SYSTEM 1E

The Issue: The firm initiated a recall after complaint investigations

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
August 1, 2012· Nellcor Puritan Bennett Inc. (dba Covidien LP)

Recalled Item: DGPHP RFA High-Power Single Use Grounding Pads and Cool-Tip RFA

The Issue: Covidien is conducting a recall of various production

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
July 31, 2012· Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.

Recalled Item: cobas 4800 BRAF V600 Mutation Test for In Vitro Diagnostic

The Issue: It was identified that BRAF controls dispositioned as

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

Class III — Low RiskTerminated
July 31, 2012· Respironics California Inc

Recalled Item: V60 Ventilator

The Issue: Respironics is recalling the V60 ventilator because certain

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

Class I — Serious Health HazardTerminated
July 31, 2012· DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.

Recalled Item: DePuy Custom Implant Devices Packaging: Packaging was not standardized on

The Issue: In connection with a Warning Letter received from

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
July 30, 2012· Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

Recalled Item: Emit(R) 2000 Phenobarbital Assay (OSR4D229) and Syva(R) Emit(R)...

The Issue: Firm has confirmed highter imprecision with the recalled

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
July 30, 2012· Imaging Sciences International, LLC

Recalled Item: DEXIS Imaging Suite - catalog number 1.008.7932

The Issue: A condition can occur during renumbering of the

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
July 27, 2012· Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

Recalled Item: Stryker Orthopaedics TIBIAL OFFSET BUSHING TRIATHLON REVISION INSTRUMENTS

The Issue: Offset Bushings associated with the lots identified were

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated
July 27, 2012· Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

Recalled Item: Stryker Orthopaedics FEMORAL OFFSET BUSHING TRITHION REVISION INSTRUMENTS

The Issue: Offset Bushings associated with the lots identified were

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

Class II — Potential Health HazardTerminated