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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

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

40,910 1st of 12 the highest of 12 categories

Categories, banded by distinct recall-event inventory

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Source FDA · CPSC · NHTSA federal recall filings · 2026-08-29

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

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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 Drug Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Bevacizumab 2 mg/0.08 mL in 3/10 mL 31 G 5/16" Syringe for intravitreal, Rx -- Pine Pharmaceuticals, 100 Colvin Woods Pkwy Suite 300, Tonawanda, NY 1…

Pine Pharmaceuticals, LLC

FDA Drug Moderate Jan 27, 2016

IT Custom Compound (BC) Baclofen 2000 mcg/ml, Clonidine 2 mcg/ml 40 ml PF syringe, FOR INTRATHECAL USE ONLY, Rx Only, Compounded by Amerita, Inc., Pr…

Amerita Specialty Infusion Services

FDA Drug Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Baclofen 1 mg/ml in 40 ml NS syringe, FOR INTRATHECAL USE ONLY, Rx Only, Compounded by Amerita, Inc., Prescott, AZ 86305-1614

Amerita Specialty Infusion Services

FDA Drug Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Bevacizumab 1.25 mg/0.05 mL filled to 0.06 mL in 3/10 mL 31 G 5/16" Syringe for intravitreal, Rx -- Pine Pharmaceuticals, 100 Colvin Woods Pkwy Suit…

Pine Pharmaceuticals, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

VNS Therapy AspireSR Generator Model 106. Indicated for use as an adjunctive therapy in reducing the frequency of seizures.

Cyberonics, Inc

FDA Devices Critical Jan 27, 2016

arkray SPOTCHEM II Basic Panel - 1 Reagent test strips, Product # 11726, MEDTEST DX Catalog # 77484. Calcium, Blood Urea Nitrogen, Glucose, Albumin,…

Arkray Factory USA, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

InVision-Plus CS Needleless IV Connector, Catalog Number RYM-7001. Disposable, Single Use. Products are intended for single patient use in intra…

Rymed Technologies, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

GE Healthcare, Aestiva MRI, 1006-9310-000. This version of the Datex-Ohmeda 7900 ventilator is used in Datex-Ohmeda Aestiva/5 anesthesia systems. It…

GE Medical Systems, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Wilson Penile Implantation System Retractor Frame, Retractor Stays & Penile Elevation Strap, SINGLE USE ONLY Rx ONLY. Indicated to aid in tissue r…

Abeon Medical Corporation

FDA Devices Critical Jan 27, 2016

Brainlab Cranial Navigation System: An Image Guided Surgery System / Stereotactic. Radiology Departments. The BrainLAB Cranial IGS System is inten…

Brainlab AG

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

InVision-Plus and InVision-Plus Junior Needleless IV Connector, Disposable, Single Use Products are intended for single patient use in intravenous…

Rymed Technologies, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Accusorb MRI MAC7007 Part Number: MRI-07 MRI-Breast Shield Product Usage: Radio frequency shielding blankets and body-part covers for the MRI…

MWT Materials, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Accusorb MRI MAC7009 Part Number: MRI-09 MRI- Leg Wrap Blanket Various Sizes Product Usage: Radio frequency shielding blankets and body-part …

MWT Materials, Inc.

FDA Devices Critical Jan 27, 2016

Optisure Dual Coil Defibrillation Leads, Model No. LDA220, LDA220Q, LDA230Q, LDP220Q. St. Jude Medical. Designed for long term a…

St Jude Medical Cardiac Rhythm Management Division

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Accusorb MRI MAC7006 Part Number: MRI-06 MRI-Large Torso Wrap Product Usage: Radio frequency shielding blankets and body-part covers for the M…

MWT Materials, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

The e.cam Dual Signature Gamma Camera system. Used to detect or image the distribution of radionuclides in the body or organ, using the following te…

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America, Small Particle Size Aerosol Generator, SPAG-2 6000 series. Model No. SPAG-2. A nebulizer pneumatic flow syst…

Valeant Pharmacueticals International

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

IBA Dosimetry GmbH Lift Table Type 4320, Catalog HA03-010#2 and HA03-000#2

Iba Dosimetry Gmbh

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Accusorb MRI MAC7004 Part Number: MRI-04 MRI-Poncho Product Usage: Radio frequency shielding blankets and body-part covers for the MRI enviro…

MWT Materials, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

FMS neXtra¿ 3.5mm Aggressive Cutter Shaver Blades; Product Code: 283315 Intended to provide controlled cutting, shaving, and abrading of tissue du…

DePuy Mitek, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Co.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Accusorb MRI MAC7030 Product Usage: Radio frequency shielding blankets and body-part covers for the MRI environment.

MWT Materials, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Accusorb MRI MAC7008 Part Number: MRI-08 MRI-Boot Product Usage: Radio frequency shielding blankets and body-part covers for the MRI environm…

MWT Materials, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Accusorb MRI MAC7005 Part Number: MRI-05 Leg Wrap Product Usage: Radio frequency shielding blankets and body-part covers for the MRI environme…

MWT Materials, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

FMS 3.5mm Ultra-Aggressive Cutter Shaver Blades; Product Code: 287325 Intended to provide controlled cutting, shaving, and abrading of tissue duri…

DePuy Mitek, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Co.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Excella II Rod Cat. No.: SR 55100 5.5 x 100 mm LOT 1502 and Excella II Rod Cat. No.: SR 55110 5.5 x 110 mm LOT 1502 Packaged in heat-sealed plasti…

Innovasis, Inc

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

TLC¿ Self-Retaining Retractor Frames SINGLE USE ONLY Rx ONLY (USA) Indicated to aid in tissue retraction during a surgical procedure.

Abeon Medical Corporation

FDA Devices Critical Jan 27, 2016

arkray SPOTCHEM II Glucose Reagent test strips, Item No. 77101, MEDTEST DX Catalog # 77424. For the in vitro quantitative determination of gluco…

Arkray Factory USA, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

TLC¿ Self Retaining Retractor System Contents 1-RETRACTOR FRAME 6-ELASTIC STAYS STERILE EO Rx ONLY. Indicated for use in the retraction of soft ti…

Abeon Medical Corporation

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

GE Healthcare, Aestiva 7900, 1006-9305-000. This version of the Datex-Ohmeda 7900 ventilator is used in Datex-Ohmeda Aestiva/5 anesthesia systems. I…

GE Medical Systems, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Fukuda Denshi patient monitor model DS-8100M and DS-8100N. The Fukuda Denshi DynaScope Model DS-8100N/8100M Patient Monitor is meant to acquire a…

Fukuda Denshi USA, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Accusorb MRI MAC7002 Part Number: MRI-02 MRI-Arm Sleeve Various Sizes Product Usage: Radio frequency shielding blankets and body-part covers…

MWT Materials, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

GE Healthcare, Aespire 7900, 1009-9012-000 & Aespire View, 1009-9212-000. The family of GE Datex-Ohmeda Aespire anesthesia systems with 7900 venti…

GE Medical Systems, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Accusorb MRI MAC7001 Part Number: MRI-01 MRI-Large Blanket Various Sizes Product Usage: Radio frequency shielding blankets and body-part cove…

MWT Materials, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

GE Healthcare, Aisys, 1011-9000-000. The GE Datex-Ohmeda Aisys Anesthesia System is intended to provide general inhalation anesthesia and ventilat…

GE Medical Systems, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

FMS neXtra¿ 3.5mm Full Radius Cutter Shaver Blades; Product Code: 283305 Intended to provide controlled cutting, shaving, and abrading of tissue …

DePuy Mitek, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Co.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Accusorb MRI MAC7003 Part Number: MRI-03 U (Upper) and MRI-03 L (Lower) Product Usage: Radio frequency shielding blankets and body-part covers f…

MWT Materials, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Anesthesia device service kits. ASSY-MSN, VENT ENGINE ASSY, 1503-8101-000 ASSY-MSN, VENT ENGINE ASSY 7900, 1009-8216-000 ASSY-MSN, VENT ENGI…

GE Medical Systems, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Cyberonics Vagus Nerve Stimulator VNS Therapy AspireSR Generator, Model 106

Cyberonics, Inc

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

Accusorb MRI MAC7010 Product Usage: Radio frequency shielding blankets and body-part covers for the MRI environment.

MWT Materials, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 27, 2016

GE Healthcare, Aisys CS2,1011-9050-000; Avance Amingo,1009-9002-000, & Avance CS2, 1009-9050-000. The GE Datex-Ohmeda Aisys Anesthesia System is in…

GE Medical Systems, LLC

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 20, 2016

RT Elements are applications for radiation treatment planning for use in stereotactic, conformal, computer planned, Linac based radiation treatment o…

Brainlab AG

FDA Devices Critical Jan 20, 2016

MOVES System, an emergency ventilator with suction, oxygen concentrator and multi-parameter patient monitoring capabilities. The MOVES System is a…

Thornhill Research Inc

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 20, 2016

Biomet Integral Centralizer Hip System, Lateralized Femoral Stem (Co-Cr-Mo), 9mm, 11mm, 13mm, 15mm, and 17mm

Biomet, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 20, 2016

30 deg, 8mm Endoscope, IS4000: Model numbers: 470027-34, 470027-40, 470027-41. General and Plastic Surgery: The da Vinci Xi endoscope produces h…

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

FDA Devices Critical Jan 20, 2016

MOVES System Lithium Polymer Batteries The MOVES System is a portable computer controlled electrically powered transport emergency ventilator inte…

Thornhill Research Inc

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 20, 2016

Zimmer Periarticular Locking Plate System 3.5mm Locking Screw 58 mm Length; Zimmer Periarticular Locking Plate System 2.4mm Locking Screw 14 mm Leng…

Zimmer Biomet, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 20, 2016

Medrad Source Administration Sets, Catalog number INT CSS. For use with MEDRAD Intego PET Infusion pump Systems, in nuclear medicine diagnostic proc…

Bayer Healthcare

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 20, 2016

AltiVate Reverse Humeral Broach, Size 10 Catalog number 804-06-040, Size 14 Catalog number 804-06-044, and Size 16 Catalog number 804-06-046. Orthop…

Encore Medical, Lp

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 20, 2016

VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System, Catalog Number 6801375, Unique Device Identifier Number 10758750001132, and VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System Refurbishe…

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics

FDA Devices Moderate Jan 20, 2016

NIPRO SET / SLIMLINE BLOOD TUBING SET for Hemodialysis with Transducer Protectors and Priming Set A disposable bloodline intended to provide extr…

Nipro Medical Corporation

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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.