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Medical device recalls: December 2004

The FDA posted 110 medical device recall records in December 2004, from 42 recall events by 35 companies. 110 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. Baxter Healthcare Renal Div · 4 events, 4 records
  2. Baxter Healthcare Corp. · 2 events, 5 records
  3. Beckman Coulter Inc · 2 events, 2 records
  4. Roche Diagnostics Corp. · 2 events, 2 records
  5. Toshiba American Med Sys Inc · 2 events, 2 records
  6. AGA Medical Corporation · 1 event, 17 records
  7. Unomedical, Inc · 1 event, 16 records
  8. BD Diagnostic Systems · 1 event, 13 records

FDA root cause

  1. Other · 109
  2. Mixed-up of materials/components · 1

Not yet classified (110)

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.