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Medical device recalls: August 2003

The FDA posted 123 medical device recall records in August 2003, from 49 recall events by 40 companies. 123 have not been classified yet.

Each product in a recall gets its own record, so one recall event can cover several records. What recall classes mean.

Companies with the most recall events

  1. Boston Scientific Scimed · 3 events, 27 records
  2. Misys Healthcare Systems · 3 events, 3 records
  3. Abbott Laboratories, Inc · 2 events, 2 records
  4. Beckman Coulter Inc · 2 events, 2 records
  5. Cryolife Inc · 2 events, 2 records
  6. Philips Medical Systems · 2 events, 2 records
  7. Zeus Scientific Inc · 2 events, 2 records
  8. Baxter Healthcare Corp. · 1 event, 29 records

FDA root cause

  1. Other · 123

Not yet classified (123)

The FDA has posted these records but has not published a class for them yet.

Source: FDA Medical Device Recalls and FDA enforcement reports (recall class), via openFDA. Records are grouped by the date the FDA posted them. Methodology · Not medical advice.