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Medex recallZ-0185-2025 · Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. · initiated Sep 24, 2024

Open, Classified

Is my device affected?

  1. Compare the model, catalog and lot or serial numbers on your device or its packaging with the code information below. A recall usually covers only specific models or lots.
  2. If yours is listed, follow the instructions from Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. or your healthcare provider. The company's action is summarized under what the company is doing.
  3. Do not stop using a prescribed or implanted device on your own — talk to your healthcare provider first.

Where to find your model and lot numbers · What recall classes and statuses mean

Why it was recalled

Due to a manufacturing defect, users may experience inaccurate pressure monitoring, an interruption in pressure monitoring, or an inability to zero the device due to either a leak within the TranStar Disposable Pressure Transducer or from a defect within the TranStar Disposable Pressure Transducer chip.

FDA root cause category: Process control

What the company is doing

Smiths medical issued an URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL notice to its consignees on 09/24/2024 via traceable mailing. The notice explained the issue, potential risk, and requested the destruction of all affected product. Distributors were directed to forward the notice to their customers.

Recall details

Recall number
Z-0185-2025
Status
Open, Classified
Initiated by the company
Sep 24, 2024
Posted by the FDA
Oct 23, 2024
Recalling firm
Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
Quantity
400 units
Product code
DPT
FDA submissions
K942377
Distribution
Worldwide distribution.

Product description

medex TRANSTAR MONITORING KIT 1/EA, Product Code REF MX20103R1

Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)

UDI/DI 50351688551694 (case), 10351688551696 (pouch), Lot Numbers: 4270117

Devices named in this recall

1 device in the FDA device registry whose identifier appears in the recall's code information.

Product lines

Other devices under the same FDA submission

20 devices cleared under K942377 are not named by identifier in this recall. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.

Other products in the same recall event

The FDA groups related products into one recall event (event 95438).

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