Michigan Instruments Thumper Mechanical CPR Device recallZ-0178-2007 · Michigan Instruments, Inc. · initiated Sep 14, 2006
Terminated All recalls posted in November 2006
Is my device affected?
- 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.
- If yours is listed, follow the instructions from Michigan Instruments, Inc. or your healthcare provider. The company's action is summarized under what the company is doing.
- 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
Failure to initiate compressions when turned on.
FDA root cause category: Other
What the company is doing
The Japanese distributor is instructed by letter dated 9/14/06 to drill a small hole in the male checked connector at the base of the column in order to allow rapid bleed off of the pressure and to give customers a revised operators manual.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-0178-2007
- Recall class
- Not yet classified by the FDA
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated by the company
- Sep 14, 2006
- Posted by the FDA
- Nov 14, 2006
- Recalling firm
- Michigan Instruments, Inc.
- Quantity
- 639
- Product code
- DRM
- FDA submissions
- K972525
- Distribution
- Japan.
Product description
Michigan Instruments Thumper Mechanical CPR Device; Model 1007, Part number 15000.
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
All units sold in Japan (All serial numbers with 7- or 9- followed by 4 numbers; e.g. 7-xxxx or 9-xxxx).
Other devices under the same FDA submission
1 device cleared under K972525 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.
- Thumper 1007CCMIIMichigan Instruments, LLC · Compressor, Cardiac, External2 reports
Sources and updates
- Recall record: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026 · View the FDA recall notice ↗
- Devices: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Devices are linked when their identifier (with a valid check digit) appears in the recall's code information.
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.
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