Recall of Probe covers SmarTemp Probe covers ST010

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 SHENZEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO .LTD.

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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
    2010-02-19
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
  • 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    On 19/02/2010, the company MINDRAY has withdrawn from the market the 2009-11 and previous batches of references M09A-20-62124 and M09A-30-62128 of the medical device called "SmarTemp Probe covers cover model ST010", manufactured by SHENZEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO .LTD, following the detection of microscopic holes in certain probe covers. The company MINDRAY has directly notified the recipients of the incriminated lots with the message attached (19/02/2010) (81 KB) validated by Afssaps. 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.

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