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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.
One lot of Stryker Tornier Perform Reversed Glenoid Baseplate components was manufactured with incorrect 6mm spacers instead of 3mm, preventing proper assembly. The defect affects 30 units distributed across ten US states.
Cardinal Health is recalling Monoject tuberculin syringes because the conical tip is incompatible with certain needleless IV connectors.
Medline is recalling 58 units of ReNewal Ligasure Maryland Jaw Sealer electrosurgical instruments due to incomplete seals on packaging trays that may allow contamination during reprocessing.
Medtronic Neuromodulation is recalling 65 units of the SenSight Connector Plug, Model B31061, due to a discrepancy in the Use By Date printed on the device label. The company is requesting return of affected units.
MEDLINE INDUSTRIES is recalling ReNewal Ligasure Sealer/Divider electrosurgical instruments due to incomplete seals on packaging trays. The recall affects 268 units distributed in the United States.
Medline is recalling 11 reprocessed Covidien LigaSure and Ethicon Harmonic electrosurgical devices due to incomplete seals on their packaging trays.
Fresenius Medical Care is recalling 703 units of the Fresenius 2008T Hemodialysis System nationwide due to potential PCBA (printed circuit board assembly) leaching from machine tubing.
Fresenius Medical Care is recalling 3ML syringes with Luer Lock due to potential blood backfill leakage and foreign material contamination. The recall affects 124,773 boxes distributed nationwide.
Fresenius Medical Care is recalling 733 units of the 2008T Hemodialysis System due to potential leaching of printed circuit board material from machine tubing. Patients using affected devices should contact their healthcare provider.
Fresenius Medical Care is recalling 10mL syringes nationwide due to potential blood backfill leakage and foreign material. The recall affects 124,773 boxes of the devices.
Fresenius Medical Care is recalling 733 units of 2008T hemodialysis systems nationwide due to potential leaching of printed circuit board assembly material from tubing. No illnesses or injuries have been reported.
Fresenius Medical Care is recalling 733 units of the 2008T GEN 2 Bibag hemodialysis machine due to potential printed circuit board assembly material leaching from tubing. All affected units were distributed domestically.
Fresenius Medical Care is recalling 733 hemodialysis machines nationwide due to potential printed circuit board material leaking from tubing.
Fresenius Medical Care is recalling 733 2008T Hemodialysis Systems without CDX due to potential PCBA leaching from tubing. This FDA Class I recall affects units distributed nationwide.
Fresenius Medical Care is recalling 124,773 boxes of 10ML Syringe Luer Lock syringes due to potential blood backfill leakage and foreign material contamination.
Fresenius Medical Care is recalling 733 hemodialysis machines nationwide due to potential leaching of circuit board material from tubing. Affected equipment may contaminate blood or dialysate during treatment.
Fresenius Medical Care is recalling 733 units of 2008T HD hemodialysis machines nationwide due to potential PCBA leaching from tubing. The FDA classified this as a Class I recall.
Beckman Coulter recalls Access Thyroglobulin Calibrators that cause approximately 11% decrease in patient test results. The recall affects about 5,980 units distributed worldwide except the US, Canada, and China.
Encore Medical recalled 20 units of EMPOWR Acetabular System hip implant liners after knee implant components were mistakenly placed in hip surgery packages. Surgeons using the wrong implant could receive an anatomically incompatible component.
Alcon Research recalls Constellation Vision System ophthalmic microsurgical units due to a printed circuit board design flaw that could disable pressure control, risking infection and tissue damage.
Cardinal Health is recalling surgical procedure packs due to defective components. The recall affects 13,351 packs distributed across the US and Canada.
The DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer may mix up test results from different patient samples. A software defect causes the system to replace current sample barcodes with previously-used IDs, potentially associating wrong results with wrong patients.
Cardinal Health is recalling 13,351 surgical procedure packs distributed nationwide and in Canada. The packs contain recalled equipment drapes, table covers, and surgical room turnover kits.
Cardinal Health is recalling surgical procedure packs that contain previously recalled components including equipment drapes, table covers, and surgical room turnover kits. Approximately 13,351 packs were distributed nationwide and in Canada.
Olympus THUNDERBEAT surgical instruments may have a blue seal button that remains engaged after release, potentially extending surgery time. The company is recalling 271 affected units nationwide.
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