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SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-2168-2019·Announced 2019-08-14

Centurion Medical Recalls High Drainage LVAD Tray Kits Due to Packaging Concerns

Centurion Medical Products Corporation is recalling 192 High Drainage LVAD Tray Kits because sterile packaging may be compromised.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class II. Per the rubric, FDA Class II recalls involving significant injury/property-damage reports or structural defects are rated Severe (4). While no injuries are explicitly reported, the potential for sterile packaging compromise in a medical device context aligns with the Severe classification for Class II recalls.

Plain-English summary

Centurion Medical Products Corporation is recalling 192 units of the High Drainage LVAD Tray Kit (Code: DM950). The recall is due to a potential for the sterile packaging to be compromised. The product is used for driveline maintenance and securement of the line for the general patient population.

The affected units are identified by Lot # 2019041590 with an expiration date of 6/30/2020. These products were distributed nationwide in the states of Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

The FDA has classified this as a Class II recall. No specific instructions for consumers are provided in the source text, but patients and healthcare providers should verify the lot number and expiration date of their kits against the recalled information.

The recalled product

Product
HIGH DRAINAGE LVAD TRAY Kit Code: DM950 - Product Usage: Kit is used for Driveline Maintenance and Securement of Line for general patient population.
Affected units
192

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)

  • Lot # 2019041590 Exp: 6/30/2020

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

The notice also names 19 states specifically:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 13 recalled by Centurion Medical Products Corporation under a single FDA (Devices) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

See all 13 products in this recall →