Other Medical Devices

Retrospective review found 4 sling bars that may present a potential for impalement if a patient, caregiver or bystander were to fall onto the hooks based on a simulated test method. In effort to eliminate any risk of injury, Hill-Rom is requesting products be removed from field use and replaced with an updated design.

Under some circumstances, imported CT, MR and PET images are offset from their true positions by one pixel in one or two directions. Users must be aware of this information to avoid incorrect dose calculations during treatment planning.

Unexpected movement during beam delivery may not be detected if there are incorrect static tolerances for Linac Geometric Axes loaded in Integrity R3.0.

Alphatec Spine initiated this medical device recall for the following reason: due to tolerancing, the flange of the Phygen Leucadia" Autolok set screw may interfere with the top of the screw head prior to fully locking the rod. If this condition occurs, the polyaxial screw head and rod may fail to provide a rigid construct under loading. To date there have been no reports of patient injury, adve

Due to three batches of product may have diamond grit size larger than intended applied to the head of the cutting burr.

Beckman Coulter is recalling AU2700/AU2700 Plus & AU5400 Clinical Chemistry Analyzers becuase it was determined that the tubing/joint connections associated with these MODs may leak concentrated detergent. Beckman Coulter has received complaints that the joint connecting the tubing appears to disintegrate over time, causing a leak.

The recall of the Loaner Bin and Sterilization Trays for implants and instruments was initiated by Orthopedic Alliance because the directions for use and surgical techniques were not being provided to every physician and for every surgery.

The recall of the Loaner Bin and Sterilization Trays for implants and instruments was initiated by Orthopedic Alliance because the directions for use and surgical techniques were not being provided to every physician and for every surgery.

The IntraOs 70 system was found to have missing or incomplete system labels as required by 21 CFR 1010.2 & 1010.3. Also, the user's manual was found to have missing or improperly labeled information as required by 21 CFR 1020.30(h).

Philips Healthcare received a report from the field stating when they viewed the CTDIVol information from the PACS system, the calculations were too high. Instead of storing the CTDIVol value for each slice in the DICOM tag, the system took the sum of all CTDIVol values from all the images in the dataset and stored this value in the DICOM tag, resulting in incorrect information.

Technidata has discovered that using the F8 key in the ERM session to add a combined test can result in the modification of the value of a result that has already been entered for a test of the request.

The RX DC dental x-ray unit was found to be noncompliant with 21CFR 1010,2, 1020.30(e) & 1020.30(h). Specifically, 1. The tube housing did not contain a Certification label. 2. The collimator did not contain an identification label. 3. The user's manual did not contain leakage technique factors, tube housing cooling curves and rating charts, and technique factors which lead to operation at ma

The leg spreading mechanism will fail to hoist and collapse if assemble incorrectly by the user.

Boston Scientific CRM is conducting a recall on the LATITUDE Patient Management System Model 6488 Version 7.3 because between March 4 and 27, 2013, a Siebel release caused ~5000 distributed PMR clinic faxes to display with illegible characters and not the required, Patient non-compliance information that was intended.

Coloplast is recalling one lot of Restorelle L prosthesis because it is mislabeled. The incorrect Instructions For Use (IFU) pamphlet is included in the packaging.

Separation Technology, Inc. recalled SlidePrep Plus Cytology Centrifuges manufactured prior to January 1, 2013 for having the potential to start up unexpectedly when encountering an electrostatic discharge.

The leg spreading mechanism will fail to hoist and collapse if assemble incorrectly by the user.

Microbiological media may be contaminated with bacteria.

Microbiological media may be contaminated with bacteria.

Microbiological media may be contaminated with bacteria.