Cook Medical Issues Global Recall of Hydrophilic Wire Guides

DSM Biomedical B.V., the Netherlands, Cook Medical’s supplier of hydrophilic coating for the Roadrunner® Uniglide® Hydrophilic Wire Guide, recalled certain lots of material due to concerns about a potential contamination by glass particles ranging in size of approximately 4 to 280 µm. Cook received one lot of the affected recalled coating. This prompted Cook Medical to initiate a recall of 8,750 units of the Roadrunner UniGlide Hydrophilic Wire Guides on June 24, 2016. Cook is taking this action as a precautionary measure, because it cannot exclude the possibility that glass particles passed through during processing and could be present in the coating of the recalled wire guide units.



Potential adverse events that may occur as a result of this contamination could include vessel damage, bleeding and embolic particulate in the circulatory system. Cook Medical has not received any reports of adverse events of these types to date.

Dexcom Recalls G4 Platinum and G5 Mobile Continuous Glucose Monitoring System

Dexcom Inc. is recalling the Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems because the audible alarm may not activate in the receiver piece when low or high glucose levels (hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia) are detected.

Relying on this product for notification of low or high blood sugar could result in serious adverse consequences, including death as the auditory alarm may not sound and users might not be notified of low or high blood sugar.

Dexcom, Inc. issued a press release on 11 April, 2016 to supplement its previous customer notification and remind its patients to periodically test the audible alarms and alerts on certain receivers manufactured by Dexcom to make sure that the audible alarms and alerts are functioning properly. The notification constituted a voluntary recall and applied to those Dexcom G4 Platinum Receivers, Dexcom G4 Platinum Pediatric Receivers, Dexcom G4 Platinum Professional Receivers, Dexcom G4 Platinum with Share Receivers, Dexcom G4 Platinum with Share Pediatric Receivers and the Dexcom G5 Mobile Receivers that are experiencing problems with audible alarms and alerts. There is no reason for patients to return receivers to Dexcom that are functioning properly.

Dexcom issued the customer notification on February 23, 2016 via its website and certified mail to patients. The notification alerted customers of a potential issue affecting the audible alarms and alerts associated with the speaker component of certain receivers. Dexcom notified customers about this potential issue after receiving customer complaints about the receivers' speaker component. Specifically, the speaker failed to properly provide audible alerts and alarms in some or all instances.

Customers who rely on audible alerts and alarms may not be notified of severe hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia if the speaker in their receiver does not function properly. The immediate health consequences of severe hypoglycemia include loss of consciousness, seizure, and in rare instances death.

The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. Relying on this device may cause serious injuries or death.

Recalled Devices
Name of device: Dexcom G4 PLATINUM Receiver, Dexcom G4 PLATINUM (Pediatric) Receive, Dexcom G4 PLATINUM (Professional) Receiver, Dexcom G4 PLATINUM Receiver with Share, Dexcom G4 PLATINUM (Pediatric) Receiver with Share, Dexcom G5 Mobile Receiver
Model numbers: all models
Lot numbers: all lots
Manufacturing dates: July 29, 2011 to March 10, 2016
Distribution dates: October 22, 2012 to March 10, 2016
Devices recalled in the U.S.: 263,520 units nationwide

More information can be found from FDA website by clicking below links:
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/ListofRecalls/ucm495448.htm

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm495481.htm

Boston Scientific initiated global voluntary recall of Fetch™ 2 Aspiration Catheter

Boston Scientific has initiated a global, voluntary recall of all models of its Fetch™ 2 Aspiration Catheter, a thrombectomy catheter used during procedures to remove small blood clots from coronary arteries. The Fetch 2 catheters were recalled on March 22, 2016, due to complaints of shaft breakage. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified the action as a Class 1 recall. This recall designation means that the use of the device exposes the patient to a reasonable chance of a serious adverse health consequence or death.

There have been no reports of patient injury or death, and there is no risk to patients who previously underwent a thrombectomy procedure with the Fetch 2 catheter. All reports of shaft breakage happened during the procedure, and the broken section was either removed while still partially attached to the catheter shaft or retrieved with a snare, without further patient complications. While unreported, the most severe potential outcome of this breakage is embolism of device fragments, which could lead to obstruction of blood flow or additional intervention to remove a device fragment surgically. 

As part of the recall, all affected healthcare facilities were advised to discontinue use of all Fetch 2 catheters immediately and return unused product to Boston Scientific. Because Boston Scientific acquired the Fetch 2 catheter product line from Bayer Medical Care Inc., all recalled inventory is packaged and labeled as Bayer product. This device was manufactured between June 11, 2014 and February 19, 2016. There are currently 21,155 devices on the market subject to this recall.

Fetch 2 Catheter UPNs

FETCH2 US 109400-001

FETCH2 OUS 109400-002

FETCH2 Canada 109400-003

FETCH2 Japan 109400-004

FETCH2 EU 109400-005

To get more Information, please visit Boston Scientific website by clicking here.