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Medical device recalls: November 2004

The FDA posted 206 medical device recall records in November 2004, from 50 recall events by 43 companies. 206 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. Beckman Coulter Inc · 5 events, 5 records
  2. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc · 2 events, 10 records
  3. Coherent, Inc. · 2 events, 2 records
  4. Tosoh Bioscience, Inc. · 2 events, 2 records
  5. Kendall Healthcare Products Co · 1 event, 91 records
  6. Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. · 1 event, 34 records
  7. Cryolife Inc · 1 event, 9 records
  8. Access CardioSystems · 1 event, 8 records

FDA root cause

  1. Other · 206

Not yet classified (206)

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.