Medical Devices Recalls

After fluid ingress into the keypad of the AUTOMIX Compounder's (AUTOMIX) control module, the AUTOMIX may generate an incorrect device response to an AUTOMIX operator's key press. Also, the AUTOMIX system may experience an intermittent electrical failure, in which unexpected pump motor operations will occur. Also, the AUTOMIX system may intermittently experience an electrical failure where the compounder may stop compounding without an alarm and not be detected by the user.

During an FDA inspection, the firm was notified of Quality System deficiencies, which included lack of procedures for design control and customized modifications that were either not reviewed or received proper clearance from FDA. There was no assurance that all systems in the field were working properly and operating at a minimum of 0.2ppm of ozone.

A customer has reported an error on an ABL8xx configured to a Hospital Information System using the data transfer protocol HL7 version 2.5. If the instrument transmits results to a HIS system and the connection is broken the results are queued for later transmission. If the ABL and HIS system are configured with HL7 2.5, any results in the queue will be mixed up when the instrument transmits t

Devices leaking at the Y-site

Terumo Cardiovascular Systems sent a Safety Advisory (AA-2010-007-C) on December 2, 2010 (Recall# Z-0882/0883-2011 RES 57416) regarding malfunctions of the Occluder and Air Bubble Detection (ABD) Modules to a confined number of Terumo Advanced Perfusion System 1 users. The investigation of the malfunction found a faulty component on the modules' application board caused the failures. Terumo CVS re

The frequency of suppressed results for i-Stat cTnl, BNP and CK-MP cartridges is affected by atmospheric pressure.

A customer has reported an error on an ABL8xx configured to a Hospital Information System using the data transfer protocol HL7 version 2.5. If the instrument transmits results to a HIS system and the connection is broken the results are queued for later transmission. If the ABL and HIS system are configured with HL7 2.5, any results in the queue will be mixed up when the instrument transmits t

Distal part of the anchor may break on insertion into bone during surgery

Ten units of Model EMV+ Devices were shipped out in error before the verification and validation was completed for a new integrated circuit (IC) on the CPU PCB.

ConMed Linvatec recalled lot number #156920, PFT-45M, CrossFT Punch because there is a possibility that the device was etched incorrectly listing the item number as PFT-00M and includes incorrect depth lines for insertion.

On 07/09/2012, Apheresis Technologies, Inc. initiated a recall on the Plasma Pump Model PP-04a due to a complaint received regarding a rotor of the PP-04a pump that stopped during a therapeutic plasma exchange treatment causing interruption of flow of both the plasma discard line and replacement fruit line.

When doing a 3 Dimensional Rotational Angiography (3DRA) the 3D reconstruction does not always start, even when all images have been acquired.

One lot of the 010-55-030, 6.5 mm Cancellous Bone Screw was recalled because a product complaint identified a mislabeling of the device. Although the package label indicates Size 30mm, the screw dimension is actually 25mm.

A customer has reported an error on an ABL8xx configured to a Hospital Information System using the data transfer protocol HL7 version 2.5. If the instrument transmits results to a HIS system and the connection is broken the results are queued for later transmission. If the ABL and HIS system are configured with HL7 2.5, any results in the queue will be mixed up when the instrument transmits t

Defective camera: There is a possibility that the connection of the wires to the connector may become loose, causing image distortion or loss.

The recalling firm has discovered that when using a Sysmex(R) CA-7000 or CA-1500 coagulation analyzer with the syngo Lab Data Manager (LDM), there is a potential for the syngo LDM system, to display and transmit to the LIS an incorrect result following the syngo LDM's application of the configured result number format. The problem is encountered when the result number format configured on the Sys

The frequency of suppressed results for i-Stat cTnl, BNP and CK-MP cartridges is affected by atmospheric pressure.

Incorrect Screw (RC) included with NC CARES Abutment Set was not a Narrow CrossFit (NC) Screw for CARES NC Abutment ZrO2

AngioDynamics is recalling one lot of Soft-Vu Angiographic catheters because one of the catheter pouches within the outer box may be mislabeled.

Some clip applier units may be inadequate to achieve clip closure.