Events

Recall of Endotracheal Standards Unomedical Probes

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 Unomedical.

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
    2010-01-21
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/rappel-de-lots-de-sondes-endotracheales-unomedical
  • 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
    On 14/01/2010, the company UNOMEDICAL initiated the withdrawal from the market of batches of references of medical devices (Endotracheal Standards Unomedical Probes) mentioned in the attached recall message, following the possibility of detachment of these probes easier as usual from the fan. The UNOMEDICAL company has directly notified the recipients of the incriminated lots with the help of the attached recall message (21/01/2010) (176 KB). This information is addressed to the directors and correspondents of materiovigilance for diffusion if necessary to the services concerned. The relevant European Competent Authorities are informed of this measure by the manufacturer.

Device

Endotracheal Standards Unomedical Probes
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    Unomedical

Manufacturer

Unomedical