Events

Recall of DIDECO ELECTA and COMPACT

According to L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), this recall involved a device in France that was produced by SORIN GROUP France.

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
  • Date
    2006-10-23
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/retrait-de-lots-de-bols-pour-les-appareils-d-autotransfusion-dideco-electa-et-compact-sorin
  • Notes / Alerts
    French data is current through early September 2018. All of the data comes from L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), 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 France.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Action
    The company SORIN GROUP France has withdrawn from the market on October 18, 2006 the lots specified in the message attached to the medical device called "bowls washing sets for autotransfusion devices DIDECO ELECTA and COMPACT" following a manufacturing defect on these The company has directly notified the recipients of the incriminated lots with the message attached (18/10/2006) (61 KB) validated by Afssaps. This information is addressed to the directors of health establishments and local correspondents of materiovigilance for dissemination, where appropriate to the services concerned. The relevant European Competent Authorities are informed of this measure by the manufacturer.

Device

DIDECO ELECTA and COMPACT

Manufacturer

SORIN GROUP France
  • Source
    LAANSM