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Product category · Updated Jul 29, 2026

Medical Devices recalls

Medical device recalls including implants, diagnostic equipment, and surgical tools

Total recalls
40,910
Top agency
FDA Devices
Years covered
2000–2026
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Medical Devices ranks #1 of 12 among PlainRecalls categories by recall count (40,910 notices, 39.3% of the archive); 9% of graded records are high-severity.

The FDA, CPSC and NHTSA have published 40,910 medical devices recalls between 2000 and 2026 - roughly 39.3% of the 104,158-record archive. Among 12 product categories, that is #1 of 12. Of the 40,910 records graded for severity, 9% are high-severity. Most are issued by FDA Devices. Counts reflect market size and reporting activity, not a product's inherent danger.

  • 40,910 total recalls
  • #1 of 12 among categories
  • 9% graded high-severity
  • FDA Devices top agency

Category snapshot

According to PlainRecalls' category ranking (distinct recall events, same sort as /category), Medical Devices is #1 of 12 (1st of 12) with 40,910 recalls, about 39.3% of the 104,158-record federal archive, with 3,645 graded high-severity, most issued by FDA Devices.

40,910
total recalls
#1 of 12
category rank by events
9%
graded high-severity
FDA Devices
top issuing agency

Medical Devices recalls by year

2000–2026

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2576 3437 2649 3803 3003 3209 2356 2247 2606 3417 2982 1787

Source: FDA · CPSC · NHTSA As of Jul 29, 2026

Severity distribution

Graded records only

recalls
Source FDA / CPSC severity classification

Recalls by issuing agency

recalls
Source PlainRecalls index of federal feeds

Counts reflect market size and reporting activity, not inherent danger, we do not rank products by risk from raw recall volume.

Recalls in Medical Devices

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FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Philips Respironics V680 Ventilator Part Number 850011 - Product Usage: intended to be used only with various combinations of Respironics-recommended…

Respironics California, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

TRx4841A 1.4 GHz IntelliVue Tele TRX, Model Number 862439; Includes System Codes 453564007261, 453564007271, 453564007281, 989803196951

Philips North America, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Philips Respironics V60 Ventilator Part Number R1076709 - Product Usage: intended to be used only with various combinations of Respironics-recommende…

Respironics California, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Philips Respironics V60 Ventilator Part Number 1076709 - Product Usage: intended to be used only with various combinations of Respironics-recommended…

Respironics California, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

TRx4851A 2.4 GHz IntelliVue Tele TRX, Model Number 862231; Includes Service Numbers 453564052401, 453564052411, 453564052441, 453564052451, 453564166…

Philips North America, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Cardiovascular Reprocessed ViewFlex Xtra ICE Catheter, REF D087031, OM St. Jude Medical, Size 9F (3.2mm), Length 90 cm, Sterile EO, Rx Only, Quantity…

Stryker Sustainability Solutions

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Philips Respironics V60 Ventilator Part Number DU1053617 - Product Usage: intended to be used only with various combinations of Respironics-recommend…

Respironics California, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Philips Respironics V60 Plus Ventilator Part Number 1138747 - Product Usage: intended to be used only with various combinations of Respironics-recomm…

Respironics California, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

SERF Novae Dual Mobility Cup Insert 47/28- ApeX-LNK Poly Liner. Intended for use with the Apex Modular Acetabular Cup for total hip replacement proce…

OMNIlife science Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Philips Respironics V60 Ventilator Part Number U1053617 - Product Usage: intended to be used only with various combinations of Respironics-recommende…

Respironics California, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Philips Respironics V60 Ventilator Part Number 1053616 - Product Usage: intended to be used only with various combinations of Respironics-recommended…

Respironics California, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Philips Respironics V60 Plus Ventilator Part Number 1137276 - Product Usage: intended to be used only with various combinations of Respironics-recomm…

Respironics California, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Philips Respironics V60 Ventilator Part Number 1076709 - Product Usage: intended to be used only with various combinations of Respironics-recommended…

Respironics California, LLC

FDA Devices Low Feb 3, 2021

Wako HDL-C/LDL-C Calibrator - Product Usage: designed to be used with Wako L-Type HDL-C or L-Type LDL-C for the determination of high density lipopro…

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

FUJIFILM Synapse PACS Software: versions 7.0.0 and 7.0.1 - Product Usage: intended for use as a web based application on an off-the shelf PC which m…

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

BD Stimex Insulated Needle 22G x 2.13in ( 50 units/cs.) Indicated for administration of medications to affect anesthesia or analgesia to a specific a…

Becton Dickinson & Company

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Philips Respironics V60 Ventilator Part Number 1053616 - Product Usage: intended to be used only with various combinations of Respironics-recommended…

Respironics California, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Medtronic COBALT HF QUAD CRT-D MRI SureScan, Model Number DTPB2QQ, MR Conditional implantable cardioverter defibrillator with cardiac resynchronizati…

Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF)

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Philips Respironics V60 Ventilator Part Number 1053617 - Product Usage: intended to be used only with various combinations of Respironics-recommended…

Respironics California, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

REF 800-05-035, ENZTEC FEMORAL IMPACTOR - DJO, (01) 09421028110624 (10) 999999, To be used only with DJO EMPOWR 3D KNEE

Enztec Limited

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 3, 2021

Philips Respironics V60 Ventilator Part Number 1076717 - Product Usage: intended to be used only with various combinations of Respironics-recommended…

Respironics California, LLC

FDA Devices Critical Jan 27, 2021

EMBLEM S-ICD Subcutaneous Electrode Model 3501. Component of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)

Boston Scientific Corporation

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

Abbott i-STAT CG8+ cartridges - IVD Intended for quantitative measurement of sodium, potassium, ionized calcium, glucose, pH, pCO2, pO2 and hematocri…

Abbott Point Of Care Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

Laerdal Compact Suction Unit (LCSU 4), Catalog Numbers 880051, 880061, 881151, 880052, 880062, 881152 - Product Usage: It is intended for intermitt…

Laerdal Medical (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

REF 27219-2 X1, Medtronic, Delta Valve, Neonatal, Performance Level 2.0, CE 0344, Sterile EO - Product Usage: Neonatal Delta Snap Shunt Assemblies a…

Medtronic Neurosurgery

FDA Devices Critical Jan 27, 2021

Penumbra JET 7 KIT Reperfusion Catheter+Penumbra Hi-Flow Aspiration Tubing REF 5MAXJET7KIT The Penumbra JET 7 Reperfusion Catheter with Xtra Flex…

Penumbra Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

A.L.P.S. Clavicle Plating System, Plate, Fixation, Bone, Item Number 233500004 - Product Usage: indicated for fixation of fractures, osteotomies and …

Biomet, Inc.

FDA Devices Critical Jan 27, 2021

Penumbra JET 7 Reperfusion Catheter REF 5MAXJET7 The Penumbra JET 7 Reperfusion Catheter with Xtra Flex technology (JET 7 Xtra Flex) is a componen…

Penumbra Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

REF 27219-5 X1, Medtronic, Delta Valve, Neonatal, Performance Level 1.5, CE 0344, Sterile EO - Product Usage: Neonatal Delta Snap Shunt Assemblies a…

Medtronic Neurosurgery

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

OsteoVation, Inject Bone Filler Kits, 5cc (part number 390-2005, manufacturing lot number 1129957) - Product Usage: The product provides a bone void …

Skeletal Kinetics, Llc

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

uPath software 1.1 and uPath software 1.1 IVD-INSW, Material numbers 08991871001 and 09077332001

Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

Equinoxe Humeral Stem, Primary, Press Fit, 11mm

Exactech, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

Neurosign 100, Product Number 9883-01. Intraoperative Nerve Monitor - Product Usage: indicated for use in stimulating and monitoring cranial motor ne…

The Magstim Company Limited

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

Reliance Vision Single-Chamber Washer/Disinfector - Product Usage: intended for use in the cleaning and intermediate level disinfection of soiled reu…

Steris Corporation

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

Abbott i-STAT EG7+ cartridge-IVD. Intended for the quantitative measurement of sodium, potassium, ionized calcium, pH, pCO2, pO2 and hematocrit in v…

Abbott Point Of Care Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

A calculator/data processing module for clinical use is an electronic device intended to store, retrieve, and process laboratory data Catalog Numb…

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

Portex Acapella DH Vibratory PEP Device - Product Usage: a single patient use device that provides Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) Therapy for pat…

Smiths Medical ASD Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

REF 27219-1 X1, Medtronic, Delta Valve, Neonatal, Performance Level 1.0, CE 0344, Sterile EO - Product Usage: Neonatal Delta Snap Shunt Assemblies a…

Medtronic Neurosurgery

FDA Devices Critical Jan 27, 2021

Penumbra JET 7MAX KIT Penumbra JET 7 Reperfusion Catheter+ MAX Delivery Device + Hi-Flow Aspiration Tubing REF J7XKIT132 The Penumbra JET 7 Reper…

Penumbra Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

ACCESS SARS-CoV-2 IgG QC SARS-CoV-2 IgG REF C58964 - Product Usage: use on the Access Family of Immunoassay Systems only.

Beckman Coulter Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

OsteoVation, Inject, Bone Filler Kits 10cc (part number 390-2010, manufacturing lot 1130303) - Product Usage: The product provides a bone void filler…

Skeletal Kinetics, Llc

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

ACUITY Universal Cutter, MODEL 7060 - Product Usage: intended to facilitate guide catheter removal after the Boston Scientific coronary venous lead i…

Boston Scientific Corporation

FDA Devices Critical Jan 27, 2021

Penumbra JET 7 KIT Reperfusion Catheter+Penumbra Hi-Flow Aspiration Tubing REF 5MAXJET7L138KIT The Penumbra JET 7 Reperfusion Catheter with Xtra …

Penumbra Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2021

Synapse PACS Software Versions 5.1 and higher

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 20, 2021

Naturalyte Liquid Acid concentrate bottles, Product Code 08-2201-5 - Product Usage: used in conjunction with Fresenius Renal Technologies Sodium Bica…

Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 20, 2021

SOMATOM Force, Definition AS, Definition Edge, Definition Flash, Drive, Confidence and Edge Plus

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc

FDA Devices Critical Jan 20, 2021

Lotus Edge Valve System, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Prosthesis Premounted on Delivery System, 23mm, sterile, REF H749LVSUS230, GTIN 08714729960904

Boston Scientific Corporation

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 20, 2021

Naturalyte Liquid Acid concentrate bottles, Product Code 08-2351-8 - Product Usage: used in conjunction with Fresenius Renal Technologies Sodium Bica…

Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 20, 2021

Artis zee/ zeego & Artis Q/ Q.zen Artis Pheno

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 20, 2021

Uroskop Omnia, Model no. 10094910 - Product Usage: a solid state detector fluoroscopic X-ray system, primarily for urological applications (functiona…

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc

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Data sources

Category data as of Jul 29, 2026.

Every figure on PlainRecalls is rendered directly from official FDA, CPSC and NHTSA recall records, no number is typed in by an editor. Category counts and the year trend are computed across the full archive for medical devices. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Jul 29, 2026.