Medical Devices Recalls

On October 18, 2024, BD has identified through customer complaints and an increase in field failures / replacements of the power supply module (part number 650781, Power Module AC-DC 250W 12/24V M3S4S6) on BD FACSLyric flow cytometers, which has the potential for the instruments to fail to power on and/or stay on. The potential power supply failure on BD FACSLyric Flow Cytometer may lead to risks to the laboratory staff including inhalation of fumes followed by shortness of breath or coughing if failure occurs during laboratory working hours. The patient may be asked to return for additional biospecimen collection procedure and risks associated with the procedure (bruising, pain, bleeding, etc.). In addition, patient specimen loss and/ or delay providing results of testing results. There may be additional risks to the laboratory staff including inhalation of fumes followed by shortness of breath or coughing if failure occurs during laboratory working hours. In addition, the patient may be asked to return for additional biospecimen collection procedure and risks associated with the procedure (bruising, pain, bleeding, etc.). In the Notification Letter sent on November 20, 2024, customers are instructed to continue their normal operation of your BD FACSLyric Flow Cytometer according to the Instructions For Use after immediately inspecting inventory for the specific catalog and power supply serial numbers listed in the notification letter and follow the instructions listed under Actions for Clinical Users.

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics is recalling their epoc Blood Analysis System because of a software malfunction that occurs when specific criteria are met that can result in the incorrect patient name being assigned to a blood measurement by the device if the user of the device does not ensure verification of the correct patient name. The software malfunction has the potential to impact patient safety via misdiagnosis and/or mistreatment by a clinician if the wrong patient information is saved with the test result from the subject device.

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics is recalling their epoc Blood Analysis System because of a software malfunction that occurs when specific criteria are met that can result in the incorrect patient name being assigned to a blood measurement by the device if the user of the device does not ensure verification of the correct patient name. The software malfunction has the potential to impact patient safety via misdiagnosis and/or mistreatment by a clinician if the wrong patient information is saved with the test result from the subject device.

Due to manufacturing defects observed on Locking Caps that affect the ability for components to mate.

On October 18, 2024, BD has identified through customer complaints and an increase in field failures / replacements of the power supply module (part number 650781, Power Module AC-DC 250W 12/24V M3S4S6) on BD FACSLyric flow cytometers, which has the potential for the instruments to fail to power on and/or stay on. The potential power supply failure on BD FACSLyric Flow Cytometer may lead to risks to the laboratory staff including inhalation of fumes followed by shortness of breath or coughing if failure occurs during laboratory working hours. The patient may be asked to return for additional biospecimen collection procedure and risks associated with the procedure (bruising, pain, bleeding, etc.). In addition, patient specimen loss and/ or delay providing results of testing results. There may be additional risks to the laboratory staff including inhalation of fumes followed by shortness of breath or coughing if failure occurs during laboratory working hours. In addition, the patient may be asked to return for additional biospecimen collection procedure and risks associated with the procedure (bruising, pain, bleeding, etc.). In the Notification Letter sent on November 20, 2024, customers are instructed to continue their normal operation of your BD FACSLyric Flow Cytometer according to the Instructions For Use after immediately inspecting inventory for the specific catalog and power supply serial numbers listed in the notification letter and follow the instructions listed under Actions for Clinical Users.

A software bug within the meter firmware leads to transmission of erroneous glucose and/or ketone patient test results to a healthcare institution's data management system (DMS) at healthcare sites using WiFi if a user navigates to the Review Results screen while the meter is in the process of transmitting the current test result to the DMS.

Due to a manufacturing error the incorrect device serial number was potentially programmed into the holter recorder. The physical serial number label on the device might not match the serial number programmed into the device.

The warming surfaces or incubator well temperatures of the listed products may exceed the desired set temperature. If temperatures exceed the desired set value, the device will alarm appropriately.

Due to manufacturing issue of insufficient sealing of X-ray tubes and can result in a potential oil leak and loss of fluoroscopic imaging capability.

Femoral implant porous size 5 right primary and femoral implant non-porous size 6 left primary have correct markings on devices, but may have incorrect packaging.

Complaint defects have been noted regarding the adhesive elements of the device and the frame of the holder putting additional pressure on the patient's cheekbones and upper lip which may cause dermal injury depending on the device positioning.

The Atlan anesthesia workstation either indicated a failure of the piston ventilator before use or suffered a failure of the mechanical ventilation during use.

Due to manufacturing issue of insufficient sealing of X-ray tubes and can result in a potential oil leak and loss of fluoroscopic imaging capability.

The warming surfaces or incubator well temperatures of the listed products may exceed the desired set temperature. If temperatures exceed the desired set value, the device will alarm appropriately.

The following four issues are included: 1. Certain Channel Settings may result in an Access Point preventing a connected client device from roaming to another Access Point potentially causing the client device to appear to drop out from the network. 2. if the Access Point experiences a disconnection from the Access Point Controller exceeding 4 minutes, the Access Point may not transition through the desired state to all for clean reconnection of the client radio link. 3. Potential to experience higher than expected data dropouts, device disassociations/reassociations for their wireless clients, and frequent "Loss of AP" alerts. 4. Potential for the Smart-hopping Access Point is affected by a software issue where the Access Point will resent after 82.85 days when the frame counter reaches its limit. This causes the latest synchronization check to fail and potential for loss of patient data.

Due to complaints received reporting cracks and/or leaks of the stopcocks associated with the external drainage and monitoring system (EDMS).

Some software versions have a malfunction where they may show incorrect orientation labels for a specific subset of DICOM images.

Complaint defects have been noted regarding the adhesive elements of the device and the frame of the holder putting additional pressure on the patient's cheekbones and upper lip which may cause dermal injury depending on the device positioning.

Potential for the outer stainless-steel tube to break or detach.

Potential that Duravent Silicone Ventilation Tubes may contain incorrect product, specifically, 1.32 mm Tiny T Tubes (model: 70240076) instead of the intended Duravent Silicone Ventilation Tubes.