Product category · Updated Aug 19, 2026
Medical Devices recalls
Medical device recalls including implants, diagnostic equipment, and surgical tools
Medical Devices ranks #1 of 12 among PlainRecalls categories by recall count (41,070 notices, 39.3% of the archive); 9% of graded records are high-severity.
The FDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS and NHTSA have published 41,070 medical devices recalls between 2000 and 2026 - roughly 39.3% of the 104,423-record archive. Among 12 product categories, that is #1 of 12. Of the 41,070 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.
- 41,070 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 41,070 recalls, about 39.3% of the 104,423-record federal archive, with 3,653 graded high-severity, most issued by FDA Devices.
- 41,070
- total recalls
- #1 of 12
- category rank by events
- 9%
- graded high-severity
- FDA Devices
- top issuing agency
Where Medical Devices sits among all 12 categories
Distinct recall-event inventory across every PlainRecalls product category. Medical Devices is marked; archive size reflects reporting volume, not inherent product danger.
Medical Devices vs all categories by recall count
Where this category's archive sits among every tracked product class
41,070 1st of 12 the highest of 12 categories
Categories, banded by distinct recall-event inventory
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Source FDA · CPSC · USDA FSIS · NHTSA federal recall filings · 2026-09-22
Do more recalls mean more Class I danger?
Medical Devices sits at the 100th percentile of category volume (41,070 recalls) and the 14th percentile of Class I rate (9% of agency-classified notices) among 7 categories with enough classified rows to measure, those two ranks are not interchangeable.
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Percentiles are within this release's classified-enough category sample. Class I % uses only agency-classified notices.
| Category | Recalls | Vol %ile | Classified | Class I | Class I % | Rate %ile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Devices | 41,070 | 100 | 40,763 | 3,653 | 9% | 14 |
| Food | 25,513 | 86 | 25,222 | 11,676 | 46.3% | 86 |
| Drugs & Medications | 14,473 | 71 | 14,417 | 1,508 | 10.5% | 29 |
| Children & Baby Products | 4,017 | 57 | 2,483 | 352 | 14.2% | 43 |
| Dietary Supplements | 2,018 | 43 | 1,993 | 466 | 23.4% | 71 |
| Meat & Poultry | 1,672 | 29 | 1,672 | 1,145 | 68.5% | 100 |
| Cosmetics & Personal Care | 1,388 | 14 | 1,289 | 203 | 15.7% | 57 |
Medical Devices recalls by year
2000–2026
Severity distribution
Graded records only
- High severity 3,653
High severity
3,653 recalls
- Moderate
Moderate
36,361 recalls
- Lower severity 1,056
Lower severity
1,056 recalls
Recalls by issuing agency
- FDA Devices
FDA Devices
39,794 recalls
- FDA Drug 934
FDA Drug
934 recalls
- CPSC 307
CPSC
307 recalls
- FDA Food 35
FDA Food
35 recalls
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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Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815509380 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 380 mm, Right, Trochanteric Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
LifeShield Drug Library Management (DLM); LifeShield Infusion Safety Software Suite v2.2 List Number 17003-02
ICU Medical, Inc.
The Stryker CranialMask Tracker is a single-use device consisting of a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) with 31 infrared (IR) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as well as an electronics control unit for the LEDs which includes its own battery power supply. The measured LED positions can be used in one of three different modes of operation: Patient tracking, Registration using surface matching, and Automatic intra-operative mask registration.
Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
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Zimmer, Inc.
Draeger Vapor 2000. Unheated, calibrated anesthetic vaporizer.
Draeger, Inc.
Flexor Check-Flo Introducers and Sets, Reference Part Numbers: 1) KCFW-9.0-18/38-45-RB-ANL0-HC; 2) KCFW-9.0-18/38-45-RB-ANL1-HC; 3) KCFW-10.0-35-45-RB-HFANL0-HC; 4) KCFW-10.0-35-45-RB-HFANL1-HC; 5) KCFW-12.0-35-45-RB-HFANL0-HC; 6) KCFW-12.0-35-45-RB-HFANL1-HC; 7) KCFW-9.0-35-38.5-RB-RTPS-100; 8) KCFW-10.0-35-RB-RTPS-100; 9) KCFW-9.0-38-55-RB-RAABE; 10) KCFW-9.0-38-70-RB-RAABE; 11) KCFW-9.0-38-80-RB; 12) KCFW-10.0-38-30-RB; 13) KCFW-10.0-38-40-RB; 14) KCFW-10.0-38-80-
Cook Incorporated
KWIK-STIK 2-Pack, Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni derived from ATCC 29428, Catalog Number 0325P
Microbiologics Inc
Brand Name: Diasol Product Name: 100425-10-DEX100, Liquid Concentrate for Bicarbonate Dialysis Non Pyrogenic, 2K, 3.0CA, 1.0MG, 208.2 liters
Diasol, Inc
Brand Name: Diasol Product Name: 100225-10-DEX100, Liquid Concentrate for Bicarbonate Dialysis Non Pyrogenic, 2K, 3.0CA, 1.0MG, 208.2 liters
Diasol, Inc
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Diasol, Inc
da Vinci 5, Surgeon Console Column Motor Connector; ASSY,DV5 CONSOLE,SSC,IS5000; Part Number: 380730-40
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815509340 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 340 mm, Right, Trochanteric Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815809280 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 280 mm, Left, Priformis Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815609300 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 300 mm, Left, Trochanteric Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815509400 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 400 mm, Right, Trochanteric Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815509360 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 360 mm, Right, Trochanteric Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
LifeShield Drug Library Management (DLM), LifeShield Infusion Safety Software Suite v2.2 Product No. 17003-02
ICU Medical, Inc.
Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815609420 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 420 mm, Left, Trochanteric Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
Brand name: AGFA Digital Radiography X- Ray system DR 800 with MUSICA Dynamic Common Name: DR 800
AGFA Healthcare Corp.
KWIK-STIK 6-Pack, Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni derived from ATCC 29428, Catalog Number 0325K
Microbiologics Inc
LYFO DISK, Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni derived from ATCC 29428, Catalog Number 0325L
Microbiologics Inc
R¿sch-Uchida Transjugular Liver Access Sets, Reference Part Numbers: RUPS-100; The R¿sch-Uchida Transjugular Liver Access Set is intended for transjugular liver access in diagnostic and interventional procedures.
Cook Incorporated
Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815609340 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 340 mm, Left, Trochanteric Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815509300 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 300 mm, Right, Trochanteric Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
Brand Name: Diasol Product Name: 100325-10-DEX100, Liquid Concentrate for Bicarbonate Dialysis Non Pyrogenic, 2K, 3.0CA, 1.0MG, 208.2 liters
Diasol, Inc
Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815609380 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 380 mm, Left, Trochanteric Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815509320 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 320 mm, Right, Trochanteric Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815609360 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 360 mm, Left, Trochanteric Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
BECKMAN COULTER BICARBONATE REF: OSR6137 OSR6237 OSR6637 OSR6x37 Bicarbonate is a system reagent for the quantitative determination of Bicarbonate in human serum and plasma on Beckman Coulter AU analyzers.
Beckman Coulter Ireland, Inc.
Ring Transjugular Intrahepatic Access Sets, Reference Part Numbers: 1) RTPS-100; 2) RTPS-100-10.0; The Ring Transjugular Intrahepatic Access Set is intended for transjugular liver access in diagnostic and interventional procedures.
Cook Incorporated
Brand Name: Diasol Product Name: 100125-10-DEX100, Liquid Concentrate for Bicarbonate Dialysis Non Pyrogenic, 2K, 3.0CA, 1.0MG, 208.2 liters
Diasol, Inc
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Alcon Research LLC
Draeger Vapor 3000. Unheated, calibrated anesthetic vaporizer.
Draeger, Inc.
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Zimmer, Inc.
Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815609400 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 400 mm, Left, Trochanteric Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
Brand Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Product Name: Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nails Model/Catalog Number: 815609440 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Affixus 9 mm, Length 440 mm, Left, Trochanteric Nail Component: N/A
Zimmer, Inc.
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Diasol, Inc
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Cepheid
BIOSURE HA SCREW, 6MM x 20 MM. Threaded metallic bone fixation fastener.
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
HemosIL SynthAFax. Partial Thromboplastin Time Tests.
Instrumentation Laboratory
Zimmer Air Dermatome, Model/Catalog Number: 00880100100
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Mindray DS USA, Inc. dba Mindray North America
MADSEN ACCUSCREEN TEOAE/DPOAE/ABR Probe (P/N 8-69-41100)
PATH
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Myofunctional Research Company USA
Alinity ci-series System Control Module (SCM), REF: 03R70-01, 03R70-20
Abbott Laboratories
Halyard, MIDTOWN GENERAL ARTERIOGRAM. Catalog Number: EUHM009-01.
AVID Medical, Inc.
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Rocket Medical Plc
GE HealthCare ViewPoint 6, Catalog Number H47601AA; Radiological image processing system
GE Healthcare GmbH
Halyard, EP LAB PK. Catalog Number: ESJH009-03.
AVID Medical, Inc.
Cardiosave Rescue
Datascope Corp.
What to do with this
Monitoring medical devices? Start here.
- Check a specific product against the full federal archive before you use or buy it. Recall checker
- Most medical devices recalls come from FDA Devices - browse that agency's full feed. FDA Devices recalls
- Sort the whole archive by severity to see the highest-risk active recalls first. Rankings
Recall categorization follows the issuing agency's product taxonomy; always confirm specifics on the official notice.
Nearby categories
Adjacent product categories that share hazard patterns or regulatory oversight.
Data sources
- Source: FDA - openFDA Enforcement API (food, drug, and device recalls)
- Source: CPSC - Consumer Product Safety Commission Recalls
- Source: NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Recalls (vehicles & equipment)
Category data as of Aug 19, 2026.
Every figure on PlainRecalls is rendered directly from official FDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS 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 Aug 19, 2026.