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Medical device recalls: October 2005

The FDA posted 112 medical device recall records in October 2005, from 55 recall events by 48 companies. 112 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. Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · 3 events, 4 records
  2. Zimmer Inc. · 2 events, 9 records
  3. Medrad Inc · 2 events, 3 records
  4. Nichols Institute Diagnostics · 2 events, 3 records
  5. Abbott Laboratories, Inc · 2 events, 2 records
  6. Baxter Healthcare Corp. · 2 events, 2 records
  7. Abbott Laboratories Medisense Products · 1 event, 13 records
  8. Becton Dickinson Medical Systems · 1 event, 7 records

FDA root cause

  1. Other · 108
  2. Software design · 2
  3. Process control · 2

Not yet classified (112)

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.