Medical Devices Recalls

Instrument Cover Gas Spring failures. Over time, the gas spring may lose its effectiveness and fail to support the cover in its full or partially open position. This may lead to the cover falling.

All configurations of the SS Retractabed, Clinical Contour, made prior to June 7, 2008 may have had insufficient welding on the foot cross tube. This tube is responsible for holding the two support rails together when using the foot side rails and keeps them from separating from the frame. If the weld on the tube breaks, it can lead to bed collapse or the rollers coming out of the channel on t

Product does not meet minimum needle attachment strength requirements; thus, the needle can become detached from the suture during use.

These lots may not recover within range when tested using certain commercially available controls.

This recall provides important new information regarding overinfusion associated with the Medtronic SynchroMed II Implantable Pump. Overinfusion can result in a life-threatening overdose and can also result in drug withdrawal due to premature emptying of the pump. Due to the low reported rate of occurrence of this issue and the inability to predict which pumps may be at risk, Medtronic is not re

All configurations of the SS Retractabed, Clinical Contour, made prior to June 7 2008 may have had insufficient welding on the foot cross tube. This tube is responsible for holding the two support rails together when using the foot side rails and keeps them from separating from the frame. If the weld on the tube breaks, it can lead to bed collapse or the rollers coming out of the channel on th

It has been verified through field use that there are two possible breakages that may occur when using SI50001 Revision D Lock Shaft Inserter, possibly resulting in instrument fragments entering the sterile field: Impact Cap: The impact cap on the Lock Shaft Inserter can shear off under high-impact force during insertion and removal. Pin: The pin used to guide the Lock Shaft Inserter into the ma

An anomaly impacts the monitoring system of INOmax DSIR Plus (software 3.0.0). When the integrated pneumatic backup switch is activated with low or no gas flow through the injector module, an intended NO cell failure alarm will occur. In addition, an unintended NO2 cell failure alarm may also occur. The NO/NO2 cell failure alarms are caused by an average NO/NO2 circuit concentration greater tha

Out of specification results for one of the two disinfectants.

Test Strips may report an inaccurately low INR result. Several patients had a therapeutic or near-therapeutic INR with the Alere INRatio2 PT/INR Professional Test Strip but a significantly higher INR (outside of therapeutic range) when performed by a central laboratory.

Medical device software may be defective and may cause user-set alarm limits to result in false positive or false negative Oxygen saturation and pulse rate alarm notifications to the caregiver.

Medical device software may be defective and may cause user-set alarm limits to result in false positive or false negative Oxygen saturation and pulse rate alarm notifications to the caregiver.

Siemens confirmed an overall average positive bias of 23% against the WHO 2nd IRP 75/502 with the IMMULITE Systems Total IgE assays.

Extremely low absorbance readings.

The product did not meet minimum and/or average minimum Teleflex resorption strength requirements.

Hospira has received customer reports of broken door assemblies on the Hospira/Abbott Acclaim Encore infusion pumps. If the door assembly breaks, it may prevent the door from closing properly and unrestricted flow may occur. If the door cannot be closed, the pump cannot be used which can result in a delay in therapy.

GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue due to higher than actual flow values reported on CardiacVX and CardiacVX Flow running on Advantage Workstation.

The product did not meet minimum and/or average minimum Teleflex resorption strength requirements.

Medtronic neurostimulators (used with pain and deep brain stimulation therapy) have a cycling feature that, when enabled, allows stimulation output to be toggled on and off based on the programmed settings. The use of this feature is determined by the physician and set using the clinician programmer. Current labeling indicates the use of cycling improves device longevity and recharge interval

Broken door assemblies on the Hospira/Abbott Acclaim Encore infusion pumps. If the door assembly breaks, it may prevent the door from closing properly and unrestricted flow may occur. If the door cannot be closed, the pump cannot be used which can result in a delay in therapy.