Medical Devices Recalls

Smiths Medical has become aware of an issue with specific lots of 50mL CADD" Medication Cassette Reservoirs (Cassette). Some Cassettes may leak at the sealing area of the pump tube and medication bag. Smiths Medical has received no reports of serious injury or death related to this issue.

The occluder in affected devices 1) may have sharp edges that could cut the pneumatic tubing that connects the occluder blade to the manifold causing an unrecoverable system error, and/or 2) blade may separate from the back plate and cause Slow / No Flow alarm requiring therapy termination.

Shaft breaks so that adequate patient specimen sample cannot be obtained.

Potential for weld disassociation of the cross pin, which could lead to loose or disassociated trigger mechanism on the Distal Capture Assembly.

The ML 7090 Calibrated LASIK Blade (CLB) will not fit into the AMO Amadeus Metal Blade Holder.

Negative drift on QC during in-use lifetime of CREA membranes can be observed.

Clinicians observed debris, appearing to originate from the hemostasis valve on the proximal end of the Steerable Sheath, outside of the patients bodies.

Product may have separating or protruding sponges

The threads of the outer tube of the shock module of LP Rotate are too short, resulting in insecure assembly. Use of the product may cause the patient to fall with continued use, as the shock module can become loose from the foot blade.

Some unit packages of BD PosiFlush SF Saline Flush Syringe 10 mL may exhibit open seals, which could impact product sterility. Bard includes these pouched syringes, attached to some configurations of PICC kits, Port Access kits (PAK), PowerGlide kits, Midline kits, and Convenience kits.

Some unit packages of BD PosiFlush SF Saline Flush Syringe 10 mL may exhibit open seals, which could impact product sterility. Bard includes these pouched syringes, attached to some configurations of PICC kits, Port Access kits (PAK), PowerGlide kits, Midline kits, and Convenience kits.

Products without expiration date have the remote potential for minor burn

Potential breakage of the steel cable which supports the bucky device in certain wall stands of Proteus XR/a X-ray imaging systems. A fall of a bucky while the system is in use could result in an injury to a patient or operator.

Neonatal bilirubin (nBili) parameter may have increased variability when the nBili concentration is greater than 12 mg/dl and the tHb concentration exceeds the upper reportable range of greater than 25 g/dl.

Possibility of image artifacts during data acquisition when using Adaptive Cardio Sequence, Turbo Flash, and Head modes. The update improves system start-up behavior and resuming, ECG handling with visual feedback of correct placement of ECG leads and contact quality, and other safety related issues.

The case was correctly labeled as REF 7501R, however the gallon bottle was incorrectly labeled as REF 7501G Cyto-Stain G. The bottle label has the correct lot number of 313833 and EXP date 11/2016. The gallon bottle contains the correct intended contents of 7501R: Cyto-Stain R Stain.

Capillary Caps for RAPIDLyte Multicap and Multicap-S Blood Collection Capillaries may not attach and result in breakage of the glass capillary

Potential for a leak between the catheter and the bifurcate which would allow helium to escape to the atmosphere.

Z-MAX Implant, 9mm diameter, 7mm length labeled package, catalog number Z-MAX9-7, contained a MAX-TL Implant, 9mm diameter, 7mm length. And vice versa.

The Inserter has the potential for mechanical failures such as breakage of the main shaft of the Inserter for the TEN, malfunction of the chuck of the Inserter for the TEN in the form of the chuck getting stuck/jammed, breakage of the cross bar of the Inserter for the TEN.