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 · 2026-09-03
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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AlboGraft Knitted with Collagen, Bifurcate 20x10Catalog Number: AMC2010 AlboGraft Vascular Grafts are made of synthetic material and designed to…
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
AlboGraft Woven with Collagen, Straight 15x26 Catalog Number: ATC1526 AlboGraft Vascular Grafts are made of synthetic material and designed to re…
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
Discovery NM/CT 670 dual detector free-geometry integrated nuclear imaging system. Product Usage: The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 system is a medic…
GE Healthcare, LLC
Advanced Orthogonal Percussion Adjusting Instrument Indicated for use by a licensed Chiropractor to assist in making Chiropractic adjustments to …
Advanced Orthogonal Equipment, Incorporated
Medtronic Preimplantation Test Kit, Catalog No. 21047. The kit is indicated for use with Medtronic CSF-Flow Control Valves and Delta Valves, when a s…
Medtronic Neurosurgery
ProSpace Peek Implant 5 degree x 8.5 x 22 mm The device is intended for vertebral body replacement or intervertebral body fusion to aid in the su…
Aesculap, Inc.
AlboGraft Woven with Collagen, Straight 30x26 Catalog Number: ATC3026 AlboGraft Vascular Grafts are made of synthetic material and designed to re…
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
AlboGraft Knitted with Collagen, Bifurcate 18x09 Catalog Number: AMC1809 AlboGraft Vascular Grafts are made of synthetic material and designed to…
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
AlboGraft Knitted with Collagen, Bifurcate 18x10 Catalog Number: AMC1810 AlboGraft Vascular Grafts are made of synthetic material and designed to…
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
LIGACLIP¿ Endoscopic Rotating Multiple Clip Applier (ER320), 10mm M/L Product Usage: The LIGACLIP Endoscopic Rotating Multiple Clip Applier is a…
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Axiom Aristos MX Solid State Flat Panel Digital Imager, Model number 5895003. The device is used for diagnostic X-ray imaging.
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
GE Healthcare Varicam/VG and VG Hawkeye devices Product Usage: The intended use of the Quasar system is to perform general Nuclear Medicine imagi…
GE Healthcare, LLC
TotalCare Bed used with AccuMax Quantum VPC mattress AccuMax Quantum Complete mattress, and AccuMax Quantum Convertible mattress The TotalCare Be…
Hill-Rom, Inc.
BD BBL Anaerobe CNA Agar with 5% Sheep Blood // Anaerobe Laked Sheep Blood KV Agar, packaged in cartons of 20 plates, Catalog # 297041, and labeled i…
Becton Dickinson & Co.
STERIS Fine Traction Device, one unit per box Product Usage: The Fine Traction Device is used to provide traction and enable fine adjustments to …
Steris Corporation
TEG 5000 Thromboelastograph Coagulation Analyzer Product Usage: Multipurpose System for In Vitro Coagulation Studies
Haemonetics Corporation
BD BBL BCYE Selective Agar with PAV, Catalog # 297880, packaged in cartons of 10 plates, and labeled in part ***Becton, Dickinson and Company 7 Love…
Becton Dickinson & Co.
BBL Brucella Laked Blood Agar with Kanamycin and Vancomycin (KV), Catalog # 297840, packaged in cartons of 20 plates, labeled in part ***Becton, Dick…
Becton Dickinson & Co.
HemosIL RecombiPlasTin 2G, Part Number 0020002950 (8 ml size). The product is used for the evaluation of the extrinsic coagulation pathway and the mo…
Instrumentation Laboratory Co.
ARTIS zee and zeego x-ray, angiographic system with Software Artis VC20x/VC21A that have Patch 7 and a 3D and DSA license installed. Angiographic …
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
Endopath Electrosurgery Probe Plus II, twelve (12) different devices, including hooks, spatulas, right angles, curved dissectors, suction/irrigation …
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
AlboGraft Knitted with Collagen, Straight 60x07 Catalog Number: AMC6007 AlboGraft Vascular Grafts are made of synthetic material and designed to …
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
Brivo NM615, is an all-purpose, single detector integrated nuclear imaging system. Product Usage: The Brivo NM 615 is an emission computed tomo…
GE Healthcare, LLC
BBL Campylobacter CSM Agar (Charcoal-Based Selective Medium), Catalog # 299614, packaged in cartons of 20 plates, and labeled in part ***Becton, Dick…
Becton Dickinson & Co.
AlboGraft Woven with Collagen, Straight 30x16 Catalog Number: ATC3016 AlboGraft Vascular Grafts are made of synthetic material and designed to re…
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
Radiohead Access Point 1.4 GHz Radiohead Access Point Firmware versions: C.00.04 & C.00.05 Part Number: 989803171211 Product Usage: IntelliV…
Philips Healthcare Inc.
Swift Mobil shower chair, Swift Mobil 160 shower chair, and Swift Mobil Tilt shower chair. Height adjustable four wheeled shower chairs for person…
Etac Supply Center Ab
Myoscience brand iovera Smart Tip, Myoscience Cryo-Touch IV, a Cryogenic Surgical device, REF Catalog Number: STA0311-10. Product Usage: The Myos…
Myoscience Inc
GE Healthcare Infinia Hawkeye 4 Option For Dual-Head Variable Angle Gamma Camera, Hawkeye Option for Dual-Head Variable Angle Gamma Camera (this incl…
GE Healthcare, LLC
AlboGraft Woven with Collagen, Straight 30x24 Catalog Number: ATC3024 AlboGraft Vascular Grafts are made of synthetic material and designed to re…
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
Discovery NM 630, dual detector free-geometry integrated nuclear imaging system. Product Usage: The GE Discovery NM 630 system is a medical too…
GE Healthcare, LLC
AlboGraft Knitted with Collagen, Straight 15x06 Catalog Number: AMC1506 AlboGraft Vascular Grafts are made of synthetic material and designed t…
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
AlboGraft Knitted with Collagen, Bifurcate 14x08 Catalog Number: AMC1408 AlboGraft Vascular Grafts are made of synthetic material and designed to…
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
Stryker brand Neuroform 3 Microdelivery Stent System, 4.5 mm X 20 mm, REF Catalog Number: E345020, Model/Product Number: M003450200, Product is manuf…
Stryker Neurovascular
Spacelabs ARKON Anesthesia Workstation. Spacelabs ARKON Anesthesia Workstation may be used for the delivery of oxygen, air and nitrous oxide in a…
Del Mar Reynolds Medical, Ltd.
Rultract Retractor Ratchet Cover Plate Distributed by Pemco, Inc., Cleveland, OH 44131 Surgical retractor used to lift the incision site
Pemco Inc
Dermalight 80 Model Number UVB-083, one unit per box. The Dermalight 80 is a Phototherapy light unit that provides ultraviolet radiation therapy f…
National Biological Corp
BD BBL CDC Anaerobe 5% Sheep Blood Agar with Kanamycin and Vancomycin (KV), packaged in cartons of 100 plates, Catalog # 221736, and labeled in part …
Becton Dickinson & Co.
LIGACLIP¿ Endoscopic Rotating Multiple Clip Applier Convenience Kit (Flex Trays), 10mm M/L Product Usage: The LIGACLIP Endoscopic Rotating Multi…
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Sodium Bicarbonate, USP Provided bulk as raw material - label not applicable according to firm Dialysis Grade 1.5 Dialysis Grade 2 As an API…
Church & Dwight Inc
LIGACLIP¿ Endoscopic Rotating Multiple Clip Applier (ER320), 10mm M/L, bulk non-sterile Product Usage: The LIGACLIP Endoscopic Rotating Multiple …
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
JP Boden Recalls Kensington Court High Heel Shoes Due to Fall Hazard
JP Boden Services Inc., of Pittston, Pa.
Edwards Lifesciences Suction Wand, models S099 and S0998B Suction wands are intended for hand held use and pericardial sumps are intended for stat…
Edwards Lifesciences, LLC
RemB Electric Universal Driver REF 6400-099-000 For use with the CORE and TPS System sRx Only The RemB Electric Universal Driver is intended for…
Stryker Instruments Div. of Stryker Corporation
LifeShield; Sterile; Rx only; List No. 19666-28; SYMBIQ PUMP SET, CONVERTIBLE PIN, PIGGYBACK, 2 CLAVES PORTS AND OPTION LOK, NON-DEHP; NOMINAL LENGTH…
Hospira Inc.
CDI Blood Parameter Monitoring System 500 with Arterial blood parameter module. Intended for use during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures when con…
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
MedStream Programmable Infusion Pump- Implantable for the intrathecal delivery of Baclofen or Morphine Product Code:91-4200 (20ml pump) US 91-4200. …
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.
Various types of Fetal Bovine Serum Bovine sourced Animal Sera for in-vitro diagnostic device and as a growth promoting nutrient in cell culture s…
Paa Laboratories Inc
nanoFLEX CC4204A Intraocular Lens Correct aphakia in persons 60 years of age or older in whom a cataractous lens has been removed by cataract extr…
Staar Surgical Co.
Eon - 3701 (Wall Charger) and 3711 (Portable Charger). Product Usage: Eon: Eon system is indicated as an aid in the management of chronic intra…
St. Jude Medical
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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.