Events

Recall of Masimo SPO2 Sensor, ear clipadult

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Merge Healthcare, Inc..

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
  • Event ID
    76974
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2641-2017
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-04-04
  • Event Status
    Open, Classified
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=154909
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Oximeter - Product Code DQA
  • Reason
    Under certain conditions, the cables used with the hemo system during a patient procedure could stop displaying the patient spo2 causing a slight delay in patient care.
  • Action
    Merge sent an Urgent: Medical Device Recall letter dated March 28, 2016 via e-mail the week of 4/4/2016. If no email address was available, the letters were issued via certified mail. A second letter dated July 11, 2016 was issued to non-responders. The letter identified the affected product problem and actions to be taken.

Device

Masimo SPO2 Sensor, ear clipadult
  • Model / Serial
    The following lot numbers are affected and are not specific to each cable/sensor type:   09AP8, 10AEU, 10KBN, 09CF9, 10BMN, 10MDN, 09CNS, 10FEN, 10MDN, 09KG6, 10F95, 10DUT, 09KG6, 10F95, 10DDK, 09NMN, 10BMN, 10DUT, 10A81, 10GJB, 10KBS, 09NMN, 10BMN, 10DUT, 10AEU, 10GJB, 10KBS, 10AEU, 10KBN, 10KBS, 11AGS, 11KAJ, 11CFT, 10KFP, 11N61, 11DAY, 11AGS, 11NG2, 11CFT, 11AGS, 12CNX, 11DDK, 12FMH, 12C68, 11FBS, 12GEB, 12C68, 11JBK, 12GEB, and 12FMH.
  • Product Classification
    Anesthesiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Distribution was nationwide. There was also government and military distribution. There was no foreign distribution.
  • Product Description
    Masimo SPO2 Sensor, ear clip-adult (Merge Part Number: HW-HEMO-00047), || Product Usage: || Merge Hemodynamics monitors, measures, and records physiologic data from a human patient undergoing a cardiac catheterization procedure. The Monitoring System is for the monitoring of vital parameters including ECG, SpO2, invasive blood pressure, temperature, NIBP and C02, and for the evaluation of resting ECG, arrhythmias, ST-segments and cardiac output.
  • Manufacturer
    Merge Healthcare, Inc.

Manufacturer

Merge Healthcare, Inc.