Varta Easypack XL Lithium Polymer Batteries (P/N 41772 and… recallZ-1472-2008 · Nova Biomedical Corporation · initiated Feb 21, 2008
Terminated All recalls posted in September 2008
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Why it was recalled
Lithium batteries may fail if the glucose or creatinine meters have been dropped.
FDA root cause category: Component design/selection
What the company is doing
Nova Biomedical notified consignees by telephone and followed by the Recall Notification letter for the Vata Easy Pack XL Lithium Polymer Battery, dated 2/2108 and mailed 2/26/08. Users are notified of the problem with the battery in the Nova Stat Strip Blood Glucose Hospital Meter System and is replacing batteries by on site visit. E-Z-EM , Inc. notified their customers by letter dated 3/17/08. Contact Nova Biomedical Corporation at 1-800-545-6682 for assistance.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-1472-2008
- Recall class
- Not yet classified by the FDA
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated by the company
- Feb 21, 2008
- Posted by the FDA
- Sep 23, 2008
- Recalling firm
- Nova Biomedical Corporation
- Quantity
- 4432 batteries
- Product code
- CGA
- FDA submissions
- K060345, K070068
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution --- including USA and countries of Canada, Taiwan, Hungary, Malaysia, Australia, Russia, Thailand, New Zealand, Austria, France, Germany, UK, China, South Africa, Croatian, Peru, and Czech Republic.
Product description
Varta Easypack XL Lithium Polymer Batteries (P/N 41772 and 42215) Used with: Nova Biomedical StatStrip Glucose Hospital Meter (P/N 42224) and Nova Biomedical StatSensor Creatinine Hospital Meter and EZ CHEM Creatinine Meter (P/N 9600). Statstrip Meter an In vitro diagnostic for use by health care professionals in the quantitative determination of glucose (GLU) in whole blood. EZ Chem In vitro diagnostic for the quantitative measurement of creatinine in capillary, venous or arterial blood.
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
Batteries coded: XX07 and earlier The Nova Biomedical products that contain the lithium batteries include the following part numbers: Part # 41772 - Battery Assy, Part # 42215 - Battery Replacement pack, Part # 42224 - Kit Meter, Part # 43735 - Kit Meter EZ CHEM, Part # 43773 - Kit Meter, Part # 43811 - Battery Replacement Pack EZ CHEM, Part # 44013 - Kit Meter, Part # 44014 - Kit Meter and Part # 44251 - Kit Meter.
Other devices under the same FDA submission
3 devices cleared under K060345, K070068 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.
- STATSENSOR 1.0Nova Biomedical Corporation · ELECTRODE, ION BASED, ENZYMATIC, CREATININE5 reports
- StatSensor 1.0Nova Biomedical Corporation · ELECTRODE, ION BASED, ENZYMATIC, CREATININE3 reports
- StatSensor 1.0Nova Biomedical Corporation · ELECTRODE, ION BASED, ENZYMATIC, CREATININE2 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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