Events

Recall of LEAD APRONS

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by RYAN MEDICAL DISTRIBUTORS 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
    25565
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-06-06
  • 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
    Reports about what appears to be a premature failure of the lead in some of their lead protective wear manufactured with xenolite x-ray protection material from lite tech inc. with lead lot number 1702 manufactured/distributed between the dates of march 19th 2010 to august 17th 2010 and lead lot number 1888 manufactured/distributed between the dates of january 21st 2011 to july 6th 2011.

Device

LEAD APRONS
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 1702); Model Catalog: N/A (Lot serial: 1888)
  • Product Description
    LEAD PROTECTIVE WEAR
  • Manufacturer
    RYAN MEDICAL DISTRIBUTORS INC.

Manufacturer

RYAN MEDICAL DISTRIBUTORS INC.