Medical Devices Recalls

Complaints that implants have been disassembled by surgeons because of unscrewing completely the locking screw.

Current lots of ADVIA Centaur/XP/XPT/CP Insulin (IRI) assay recover approximately 40% higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) 1st IRP 66/304 standardization based on slope values. Other performance characteristics are being met per the assay Instructions for Use. Overall risk to health is negligible and Siemens is not recommending a review of previously generated results.

Diamond particulates may break off the burr and fall into the surgical site. If the particles are not detected and are not removed from the surgical site a foreign body reaction may occur. These particulates could also lead to mechanically induced soft tissue damage.

Beckman Coulter has identified the following drugs as potential sources of interference: Metamizole (Dipyrone), Sulfasalazine, and Sulfapyridine and may result in false low results.

Products from the identified lots may exhibit difficulty in removing the protective balloon sheath which can result in issues with inflating or deflating the balloon.

ZIMMER CAS voluntarily conducted a retrospective recall of the Navitrack System - OS Knee Universal, due to software anomalies which were corrected with a new revision in version 2.2.1.3.

Beckman Coulter has identified the following drugs as potential sources of interference: Metamizole (Dipyrone), Sulfasalazine, and Sulfapyridine and may result in false low results.

The strength of the arm mounting mechanism was insufficient and had to be redesigned.

Lint present on sterile Operating Room Towels.

Sorin is notifying physicians that certain defibrillators' battery depletion may be undetectable.

A PBS (Pencil Beam Scanning) irradiation may pause for different reasons. After a pause, irradiation may restart from the beginning instead of recalculating the field based on the already delivered dose.

Vortran received a customer complaint that the spin-nut-DSS connector was assembled in the reverse direction on the oxygen tubing; making the connector unable to be screwed on due to the wrong thread direction.

Product's non-conformity involves the integrity of the seal in the sterile packaging. It is possible that the seal on the sterile packaging has been compromised resulting in a loss of sterility of the medical device contained within.

The hand-held barcode scanner that is used as an accessory to enter ARIES cassette and specimen identifications on the ARIES Systems populates patient sample IDs with a previously scanned sample ID when entering orders into an ARIES instrument.

ReFlow Medical is recalling the Wingman 35 Crossing Catheter because it may be prone to tip detachment.

Lint present on sterile Operating Room Towels.

Beckman Coulter has identified the following drugs as potential sources of interference: Metamizole (Dipyrone), Sulfasalazine, and Sulfapyridine and may result in false low results.

Software anomaly; Thermo-Fisher Scientific initially discovered and Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, subsequently, confirmed a software anomaly that may potentially result in miss-associated sample IDs involving the communication between enGen TCAutomation (TCA) Bypass modules (manufactured by Thermo-Fisher Scientific) and the VITROS Analyzers. To date, no occurrences of this issue have been observed on Orthos enGen(TM) Systems. Sample IDs may become miss-associated with the actual sample being processed due to discrepant information passed to the analyzer through InOut communication device, triggered by a specific set of events occurring between the Bypass module and the analyzer. --- All of the following conditions must be present for the issue to potentially occur: (1.) The Bypass module is in the process of positioning Sample A at the aspiration position, and (2.) At least two additional sample tubes (Samples B and C) are waiting to be aspirated in the Bypass module queue, and (3.) A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tag Read failure occurs on the Sample A carrier, and (4.) The VITROS System is not available to aspirate on the track (for example, the analyzer is initializing, or the user is making entries on the diagnostic screen, or samples are being aspirated from the front of the analyzer, etc.). --- If the software anomaly occurs and the issue is present, the Sample ID in the INOUT communication device software queue becomes asynchronous with the actual Sample ID physical queue, and the VITROS assay result will be reported for the wrong Sample ID. All subsequent samples will have miss-associated results until the Bypass module is reset or the queue is empty. --- This issue could potentially miss-associate a sample/patient ID with a test result of a different sample. Depending on the test involved, patients health condition, etc., the potential health risk posed to the affected patient could range from no risk to serious risk, and potentially could lead to misdiagnosis or inappropriate medical intervention. To date, no patient harm was reported related to this product issue.

Reports of the Canister Carrier breaking during absorbent exchange or during anesthesia machine transit, causing a leak in the breathing circuit, which could cause hypoventilation in the patient.

Mobius3D version 1.5.0 contained a defect in software code which affects users who perform beam customization, and may lead to a discrepancy in dose calculation between this version of Mobius3D (1.5.0) and the prior version (1.4.2), where none should have been expected.