Events

Recall of TITAN SURGICAL TABLE

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
    122852
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2011-02-04
  • 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
    Trumpf has received two customer reports of the leg section of the table articulating without prompting from the user. according to these reports and the analysis conducted thus far this independent movement can occur without particular circumstance or condition. initial findings have led trumpf to assume for the safety of patients and users that unintended movement could occur on any version of titan without notice.

Device

TITAN SURGICAL TABLE
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 1228073 (Lot serial: ALL)
  • Product Description
    TITAN SURGICAL TABLE
  • Manufacturer
    OLYMPUS CANADA INC.

Manufacturer

OLYMPUS CANADA INC.