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Medical Devices Recalls

Medical equipment, implants, and diagnostic devices

38,779 Total Recalls

Updated sterilization instructions are being provided to ensure 1) a specific sterilization tray is not used, and 2) ethylene oxide sterilization is never used on certain reusable flexible intubation endoscopes with total lumen lengths greater than 850mm. Incompletely sterilized endoscopes might introduce infectious agents into patient airways, resulting in infection.

Jul 27, 2020 Other Medical Devices Nationwide View Details →

The procedure side indicated in the top header of the Shoulder Case Planning Report incorrectly indicated the procedure side as "Left" for surgical plans for a "right" procedure side.

Jul 17, 2020 Surgical Instruments Nationwide View Details →

Updated sterilization instructions are being provided to ensure 1) a specific sterilization tray is not used, and 2) ethylene oxide sterilization is never used on certain reusable flexible intubation endoscopes with total lumen lengths greater than 850mm. Incompletely sterilized endoscopes might introduce infectious agents into patient airways, resulting in infection.

Jul 27, 2020 Other Medical Devices Nationwide View Details →

The electrode insulating material on the Cobra EMG ET tube used for continuous EMG monitoring may soften over time so that it may be more susceptible to damage by scratching or bending, which could stop or inhibit the EMG signal transmission of the electrodes to the monitor and render the device not usable.

Jul 21, 2020 Diagnostic Equipment Nationwide View Details →

Updated sterilization instructions are being provided to ensure 1) a specific sterilization tray is not used, and 2) ethylene oxide sterilization is never used on certain reusable flexible intubation endoscopes with total lumen lengths greater than 850mm. Incompletely sterilized endoscopes might introduce infectious agents into patient airways, resulting in infection.

Jul 27, 2020 Other Medical Devices Nationwide View Details →

The electrode insulating material on the Cobra EMG ET tube used for continuous EMG monitoring may soften over time so that it may be more susceptible to damage by scratching or bending, which could stop or inhibit the EMG signal transmission of the electrodes to the monitor and render the device not usable.

Jul 21, 2020 Diagnostic Equipment Nationwide View Details →

In affected software version, of Positron emission tomography and computed tomography system, the CT Hounsfield unit curve may not display in real time when using the bolus tracking protocol with the tracker scan function. If this occurs, the subsequent clinical scanning protocols will need to be started manually, which may effect image enhancement, and may result in patient rescan.

Mar 26, 2020 Other Medical Devices Nationwide View Details →

While operating the machine in "Run" mode an unexcepted event may occur during the error-checking for stepper movements and pressure values. The result of this event is a false alarm being thrown and in rare cases results in an incomplete move which will affect the current inhale/exhale cycle.

Jun 26, 2020 Diagnostic Equipment Nationwide View Details →