Events

Recall of ISOLATION TRANSFORMER

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by OLYMPUS CANADA INC..

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    26956
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2009-06-17
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    The fuse holder on the transformers assembled on the bottom of a number of olympus wm series mobile workstations (wm-np1 wm-wp1 wm-dp1 wm-sc) can overheat and arc if the fuse carrier is not sufficiently tightened.

Device

ISOLATION TRANSFORMER
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: MAJ-174 (Lot serial: S/N LESS THAN 2810808); Model Catalog: MH-787 (Lot serial: S/N LESS THAN 2810808)
  • Product Description
    OLYMPUS MOBILE WORKSTATION TRANSFORMER
  • Manufacturer
    OLYMPUS CANADA INC.

Manufacturer

OLYMPUS CANADA INC.