Safety Alert for Walkers

According to Ministry of Health, this safety alert involved a device in Lithuania that was produced by INTCO, China.

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.

Learn more about the data here
  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event Number
    2
  • Date
    2018-05-07
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    MH
  • Event Source URL
  • 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 device labels do not contain data on the authorized representative in the european economic area, which does not meet the requirement of annex 1, paragraph 14.3.1 of the regulation.
  • Action
    Do not allow to enter the Lithuanian market

Device

Manufacturer

  • Manufacturers representative
    UAB TEIDA
  • Source
    MH