Events

Safety Alert for Hearing aids: K-88 K-188 K-55 1088F

According to Ministry of Health, this safety alert involved a device in Lithuania that was produced by Not specified.

What is this?

Alerts provide important information and recommendations about products. Even though an alert has been issued, it does not necessarily mean a product is considered to be unsafe. Safety Alerts, addressed to health workers and users, may include recalls. They can be written by manufacturers, but also by health officials.

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  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event Number
    1
  • Date
    2017-02-20
  • Event Country
    Lithuania
  • Event Source
    MH
  • Event Source URL
    http://www.vaspvt.gov.lt/node/115
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from Lithuania is current through December 2018. All of the data comes from the Ministry of Health, 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 Lithuania.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Medical devices do not bear the ce conformity marking and the identification number of the notified body (not in accordance with points 38 and 40 of the regulation), no data are available on the manufacturer and his authorized representative in the european economic area (not in compliance with the requirements of annex 1, points 14.3.1 and 14.6.1 of the regulation); batch / serial number not specified (does not meet the requirement of annex 1, paragraph 14.3.4 of the regulation), date (year and month) when the medical device may be used safely (not in compliance with the requirement of annex 1, paragraph 14.3.5 of the regulation), year of manufacture of active medical devices ( not comply with the requirements of annex 1, paragraph 14.3.12 of the regulation).
  • Action
    Not allowed to enter the Lithuanian market

Device

Hearing aids: K-88 K-188 K-55 1088F

Manufacturer

Not specified
  • Manufacturers representative
    UAB Urmo Group
  • Source
    MH