The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0123-2016·Announced 2015-10-21

Clinical Innovations Recalls Ebb Complete Tamponade System Due to Balloon Leak Risk

Clinical Innovations, LLC is voluntarily recalling the Ebb Complete Tamponade System due to a potential balloon leak that may prevent the device from delivering therapy when needed.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk medical device intended for postpartum hemorrhage control where a defect (balloon leak) could prevent therapy delivery, representing a risk-of-harm product where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

Clinical Innovations, LLC is voluntarily recalling the Ebb Complete Tamponade System, model #CTS-1000 and Code #OQY. The recall addresses a potential balloon leak that may affect the device's ability to deliver therapy when needed. The product is intended for use in providing temporary control or reduction of postpartum uterine bleeding.

The recall involves 827 units from manufacturing lots 1214-F-403 and 1214-V-424. These units were distributed nationwide to Mississippi, Maryland, Tennessee, North Carolina, Indiana, Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana, as well as to France.

Healthcare providers and consumers should stop using the affected devices and contact Clinical Innovations, LLC for further instructions on how to return or dispose of the product.

The recalled product

Product
The Ebb Complete Tamponade System, model #CTS-1000 and Code #OQY. Intended for use in providing temporary control or reduction of postpartum uterine bleeding.
Affected units
827

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (1)

  • Manufacturing lot 1214-F-403 and 1214-V-424

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

The notice also names 8 states specifically: