Medical equipment, implants, and diagnostic devices
Philips North America
The Quadrature Body Coil (QBC) seal adhesive may fail, creating sharp edges that may come in contact with patients. If the QBC seal becomes loose during the scanning process, the risk to the patient may include skin abrasions, bruises, lacerations, hair loss/entanglement, and tissue injury.
Howmedica Osteonics
Product manufactured using UHMWPE raw material over 5 years of age has the potential for elevated levels of oxidation. Oxidation within UHMWPE can have an impact on its material properties.
Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.
Smiths Medical ASD
Medfusion syringe pumps, with software versions before v6.0.0, may have the following issues:1. Delivery During Motor Not Running High Priority Alarm, 2. Infusion Restarted with Incorrect Parameters, 3. Screen Lock, 4. Interruption of Bolus or Loading Dose Delivery, 5. Pump Displays Incorrect Bolus/Loading Dose, 6. Loading/Bolus Dose Below the Minimum Recommended Rate, 7. Motor Rate Error, 8. Incorrect Recall Last Settings, 9. Corrupt Configuration, 10. Auto Lock, 11. Toolbox Configuration Loading Dose Time Values. Smiths Medical corrected all issues included in this notification in previous software updates and the corrections were carried forward into all subsequent software releases. Please ensure you have the most recent Medfusion software (v6.0.0) installed on your pumps.
MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP - Northfield
Medline Industries, LP is issuing a recall for specific item(s) and lot(s) of Various Adult Blood and Blood Culture Kits. This recall is due to kits built using a Bactec component lot and expiration date that were not reflected on the kit insert. There is a risk of using an expired component if the user does not check the Bactec inside the kit for its expiration date.
System may exhibit a loss of imaging functionality and data due to an issue which can cause the system to continuously restart. If the issue occurs during a procedure, there may be a delay and/or abortion of the procedure.
Howmedica Osteonics
Product manufactured using UHMWPE raw material over 5 years of age has the potential for elevated levels of oxidation. Oxidation within UHMWPE can have an impact on its material properties.
Howmedica Osteonics
Product manufactured using UHMWPE raw material over 5 years of age has the potential for elevated levels of oxidation. Oxidation within UHMWPE can have an impact on its material properties.
AtriCure has identified certain lots of tank hose assemblies where a second-tier supplier provided incorrect tank hose assemblies. These tank hose assemblies were provided with an outer sheathing that does not have required pin perforations and the inner tube of the hose is not the correct material.
GE HEALTHCARE AUSTRIA GMBH &
GE HealthCare has become aware of an issue with certain IC9-RS ultrasound probes (see Affected Products List) that can result in a double image artifact creating a ghost image with realistic features. An unrecognized artifact may lead to misdiagnosis.
MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP - Northfield
Medline Industries, LP is issuing a recall for specific item(s) and lot(s) of Various Adult Blood and Blood Culture Kits. This recall is due to kits built using a Bactec component lot and expiration date that were not reflected on the kit insert. There is a risk of using an expired component if the user does not check the Bactec inside the kit for its expiration date.
Howmedica Osteonics
Product manufactured using UHMWPE raw material over 5 years of age has the potential for elevated levels of oxidation. Oxidation within UHMWPE can have an impact on its material properties.
Howmedica Osteonics
Product manufactured using UHMWPE raw material over 5 years of age has the potential for elevated levels of oxidation. Oxidation within UHMWPE can have an impact on its material properties.
Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.
During an internal investigation, ACS identified that several components were "piggybacked" to ACS trays and subjected to the ACS sterilization process. There is no supporting documentation stating the "piggybacked" components were assessed to determine if they were suitable for exposure to elevated temperatures for an extended period of time and further exposure to sterilization. As a result, the piggybacked components may (1) have a loss/lack of functionality, (2) loss of drug efficacy, if applicable, and (3) may have had higher than specified EO residuals.
American Contract Systems
During an internal investigation, ACS identified that several components were "piggybacked" to ACS trays and subjected to the ACS sterilization process. There is no supporting documentation stating the "piggybacked" components were assessed to determine if they were suitable for exposure to elevated temperatures for an extended period of time and further exposure to sterilization. As a result, the piggybacked components may (1) have a loss/lack of functionality, (2) loss of drug efficacy, if applicable, and (3) may have had higher than specified EO residuals.
XTANT Medical Holdings
Spinal fixation screws labeled as 8.5 mm diameter, 50 mm length were manufactured using an incorrect screw shank component, and so the labeling is incorrect because the affected screws are in fact 5.5 diameter, 45 mm length screws, which if used may lead to the screw not engaging.
Howmedica Osteonics
Product manufactured using UHMWPE raw material over 5 years of age has the potential for elevated levels of oxidation. Oxidation within UHMWPE can have an impact on its material properties.
American Contract Systems
During an internal investigation, ACS identified that several components were "piggybacked" to ACS trays and subjected to the ACS sterilization process. There is no supporting documentation stating the "piggybacked" components were assessed to determine if they were suitable for exposure to elevated temperatures for an extended period of time and further exposure to sterilization. As a result, the piggybacked components may (1) have a loss/lack of functionality, (2) loss of drug efficacy, if applicable, and (3) may have had higher than specified EO residuals.
Howmedica Osteonics
Product manufactured using UHMWPE raw material over 5 years of age has the potential for elevated levels of oxidation. Oxidation within UHMWPE can have an impact on its material properties.