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Medical device recalls: February 2006

The FDA posted 112 medical device recall records in February 2006, from 52 recall events by 44 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. Roche Diagnostics Corp. · 3 events, 10 records
  2. Becton Dickinson & Company · 2 events, 5 records
  3. Cryolife Inc · 2 events, 4 records
  4. Boston Scientific Corp · 2 events, 3 records
  5. Medtronic Emergency Response Systems, Inc. · 2 events, 3 records
  6. Cygnus LLC · 2 events, 2 records
  7. Lumenis Inc. · 2 events, 2 records
  8. Regeneration Technologies, Inc. · 1 event, 21 records

FDA root cause

  1. Other · 109
  2. Nonconforming Material/Component · 3

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.