Medical Devices Recalls

Terumo Cardiovascular Systems has received reports of several issues that manifest themselves as communications or power failures in the system network for Terumo Advanced Perfusion System 1. Issues that affect a single pump or module are: " The appearance of a red X on a single pump or module icon on the CCM " The appearance or a single '?' symbol on a pump or module icon on the CCM " The fai

Speaker Failure. If the speaker fails and an event occurs which would generate an audio alarm, the alarm will not sound and could cause a potential delay in patient treatment.

Terumo Cardiovascular Systems has received several reports of malfunctions of the Air Bubble Detection System used with its heart-lung machines over the last three years. The malfunctions were expressed in various failure modes (over sensitivity, false alarms and were found to have various root causes. The malfunctions occurred in systems that were excluded from prior corrective actions or in syst

Please be aware that this is not a new recall. The firm has taken action; but, due to administrative issues this recall is now being classified by the Agency. GE OEC recalled imaging devices OEC 9900, OEC 9800, and OEC 8800 as a result of an FDA inspection identifying that the vertical lift column power supply in the mainframe C-arm is defective and subject to early life failure.

Terumo Cardiovascular Systems has received reports of several issues that manifest themselves as communications or power failures in the system network for Terumo Advanced Perfusion System 1. Issues that affect a single pump or module are: " The appearance of a red X on a single pump or module icon on the CCM " The appearance or a single '?' symbol on a pump or module icon on the CCM " The fai

EKOS Corporation have recently received several complaints from users where the radio-opaque marker bands on the Intelligent Drug Delivery Catheter (IDDC) were dislodged during a procedure and report of MicroSonic Device (MSD) breaking during insertion or operation.

Varian has identified an anomaly with the Eclipse Treatment Planning (for radiotherapy treatments) where changing the prescription in a calculated VMAT or RapidArc plan may lead to Monitor Units which do not reflect the new prescription. If the dose prescription of a VMAT or RapidArc plan is changed after the initial Dose Volume Optimization, the Monitor Units and dose distribution may not reflect

Philips Healthcare was notified that several of the sixteen bolts securing the brackets which support the carbon table top on various models of their Brilliant CT scanner have been found to be defective and the bolt heads may break off.

A recall was initiated because Alere San Diego has confirmed that the Triage TOX Drug Screen may have significantly decreased precision and accuracy than claimed. An increased frequency of false positive and/or false negative results has been observed for Triage TOX Drug Screen.

Terumo Cardiovascular Systems has received several reports of malfunctions of the Air Bubble Detection System used with its heart-lung machines over the last three years. The malfunctions were expressed in various failure modes (over sensitivity, false alarms and were found to have various root causes. The malfunctions occurred in systems that were excluded from prior corrective actions or in syst

Terumo Cardiovascular Systems has received several reports of malfunctions of the Air Bubble Detection System used with its heart-lung machines over the last three years. The malfunctions were expressed in various failure modes (oversensitivity, false alarms and were found to have various root causes. The malfunctions occurred in systems that were excluded from prior corrective actions or in syste

Customer reported problem while performing incoming QC of newly received lot of test cards. Liquid quality control results were found to be out of range. Further investigation by Epocal determined that a portion of the test card lot (approximately 3000 cards) could potentially report low glucose results.

Terumo Cardiovascular Systems has received several reports of malfunctions of the Air Bubble Detection System used with its heart-lung machines over the last three years. The malfunctions were expressed in various failure modes (over sensitivity, false alarms and were found to have various root causes. The malfunctions occurred in systems that were excluded from prior corrective actions or in syst

Potential for increase level of artifacts to appear as large, spherical and easy to distinguish or small & more difficult to distinguish from gram positive cocci.

Surgical kits and trays contain Stryker Hytrel Togas which were recalled because the clear tape, that is intended to aid in the prevention of patient's fluids from contacting the surgeon/surgical staff through the sleeve seam of the toga, was not applied during the manufacturing process.

There were reports that a certain combination of key presses will cause the module to disconnect from the Xprezzon bedside monitor, model 91393, and the patient parameters will drop from the display. The parameters return after power cycling the monitor.

Terumo¿ Advanced Perfusion System 1 has displayed a Red X error message on multiple module icons indicating a loss or fluctuation of internal power on one side of the system's base. Terumo Cardiovascular Systems' initial investigation has determined that there may be more than one cause for the malfunction and is investigating further to determine the root cause. Potential risks with the loss or

Terumo Cardiovascular Systems has received several reports of malfunctions of the Air Bubble Detection System used with its heart-lung machines over the last three years. The malfunctions were expressed in various failure modes (over sensitivity, false alarms and were found to have various root causes. The malfunctions occurred in systems that were excluded from prior corrective actions or in syst

Terumo Cardiovascular Systems has received several reports of malfunctions of the Air Bubble Detection System used with its heart-lung machines over the last three years. The malfunctions were expressed in various failure modes (over sensitivity, false alarms and were found to have various root causes. The malfunctions occurred in systems that were excluded from prior corrective actions or in syst

Please be aware that this is not a new recall. The firm has taken action; but, due to administrative issues this recall is now being classified by the Agency. GE OEC recalled imaging devices OEC 9900, OEC 9800, and OEC 8800 as a result of an FDA inspection identifying that the vertical lift column power supply in the mainframe C-arm is defective and subject to early life failure.