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FDA recalls of medical devices including diagnostics, implants, and consumer health hardware.
Medical device recalls are the FDA's highest-volume stream. They cover implantable devices like pacemakers and joint replacements, hospital diagnostics and lab analyzers, surgical instruments, software-as-a-medical-device, and consumer-facing hardware like CPAP machines, blood-pressure cuffs, and glucose monitors. The volume comes from the wide range of products in scope and from the FDA's broad definition of 'corrective action' — software updates, IFU revisions, and labeling corrections all show up as recalls.
For Class I device recalls, the device's defect creates a reasonable risk of serious injury or death — these are the urgent ones. Class II covers issues that may cause temporary or medically reversible harm, often around accuracy or calibration. Class III is for products that don't comply with FDA rules but pose no real safety risk; in practice many software-update letters are Class III.
If you depend on a recalled device for ongoing care, don't disconnect or stop using it before talking to the prescribing clinician — interrupting therapy for a CPAP or a continuous glucose monitor can be more dangerous than the recall it's responding to. Almost every device recall offers a remedy that doesn't require you to surrender the device first.
Pending LLM rewrite. Source: FDA_DEVICE Z-1529-2025.
Pending LLM rewrite. Source: FDA_DEVICE Z-1512-2025.
Pending LLM rewrite. Source: FDA_DEVICE Z-1548-2025.
BioFire Diagnostics is recalling 29 units of the FilmArra Pneumonia Panel Plus test kit due to control failures and false negative results. Affected units (Lot 0979424) were distributed to France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and Israel.
Draeger, Inc. is recalling 65,150 units of the VentStar Flex 220 breathing circuit due to the potential for cracks to form in the hose. A crack could affect gas delivery during anesthesia or ventilation procedures.
Draeger, Inc. is recalling the Anesthesia Circuit Kit Flex (P)2 due to the potential for cracks to form in the breathing circuit hose. This FDA Class I recall affects approximately 9,250 units distributed domestically and internationally.
Draeger, Inc. is recalling Anesthesia Circuit Kit Flex 1 devices nationwide and internationally due to potential cracks in the breathing circuit hose that conducts anesthesia gases.
Draeger, Inc. is recalling the Anesthesia Circuit Kit Flex 6 (Model MP02744) due to potential cracks forming in the breathing circuit hose. Approximately 293,660 units were distributed nationwide and internationally.
Draeger's ID Circuit Flex 220 breathing circuit for anesthesia machines may develop cracks in the hose. The recall affects 3,325 units distributed nationwide and internationally.
Draeger is recalling the Anesthesia Circuit Kit Flex EPA due to the potential for cracks to form in the breathing circuit hose. Approximately 13,620 units have been distributed domestically and internationally. Users should discontinue use of affected units immediately.
Draeger's Anesthesia Circuit Kit Flex 2 is recalled because of the potential for cracks to form in the breathing circuit hose. No injuries have been reported.
Stryker Corporation is recalling Nasopore nasal dressings due to potentially compromised sterile packaging seals. Affected units totaling 182,344 may have lost sterility, posing a contamination risk.
Cordis US Corp recalls Smart Control Vascular Stent System ILIAC devices due to product mix-up where some units are labeled 9mm X 60mm but contain different stent sizes. Patients should consult their healthcare provider immediately.
Stryker Corporation is recalling 182,344 units of Hemopore nasal/sinus wound dressing due to potential packaging seal defects that could compromise sterility. A bubble on the blister seal may indicate the sterile barrier has been breached.
Reichert is recalling 1,876 units of the Phoroptor VRx Digital Refraction System (Model 16242) due to an assembly defect that could cause the refraction head to detach during eye examinations.
Stryker Corporation is recalling Nasopore nasal dressings due to potential breaches in packaging sterility seals that could compromise product sterilization. Approximately 182,344 units have been distributed nationwide.
GE Healthcare Centricity imaging systems contain a security vulnerability where service login credentials can be identified. This could allow unauthorized access and potential patient data manipulation.
Terumo's CDI OneView Hematocrit/Oxygen Saturation Probe may intermittently fail to display oxygen saturation values during clinical use. When this occurs, the monitor displays dashes and triggers a yellow low-limit alarm.
Stryker is recalling over 182,000 Nasopore nasal dressings due to potential bubbles in the blister seal that could compromise the sterile barrier. The affected units were distributed nationwide.
Stryker Spine is recalling the Monterey AL Implant Inserter (22mm, Catalog 48019140) due to potential separation of the gold unlock button from the device. The recall affects 41 units in the United States and 3 internationally.
Stryker Corporation is recalling Nasopore nasal dressings due to defects in blister seals that may compromise sterility. Affected products may have bubbles on the seal, indicating the sterile barrier has been breached.
Stryker Corporation recalls Otopore Cylinder outer ear wound dressing due to potential bubbles in blister seals that may breach the sterile barrier. Affected units were distributed nationwide.
GE Healthcare recalled Centricity PACS-IW and related medical imaging software due to a security vulnerability allowing service credentials to be identified, potentially enabling unauthorized system access and patient data manipulation.
Stryker's Nasopore 8cm nasal dressing is being recalled because packaging seals may have bubbles indicating the sterility barrier has been breached. The recall affects 182,344 units distributed nationwide.
Stryker Corporation is recalling 182,344 units of Nasopore FD nasal dressing nationwide due to potentially breached sterile seals that may allow product contamination.
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