Camera System, Television, Surgical without audio Intended for transmission and documentation of surgical interventions for the purpose of archiving and teaching.

Recall Insight

This FDA Devices action (record #Z-0824-2018) was formally reported on March 7, 2018, with the manufacturer initiating the action on December 15, 2017. It is classified under Moderate severity (Class II), with a current status of Terminated. Trumpf Medical Systems, Inc. is listed as the recalling firm, operating out of Charleston, SC. Federal records indicate 212 devices units are affected.

The documented reason for this recall is: The radiated emission from the TruVidia" Wireless Receiver is above the normative accepted limits, in which the radiated emission may interact with other devices in the operating room and cause them not to function prop… Distribution data in the federal record shows the product reached: Worldwide Distribution - US Distribution to the states of : GA, IL, IN, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA. and to the countries of : Austria, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Sp…. Distribution scope directly affects the consumer exposure window and determines whether a recall remains regional or escalates into a nationwide advisory.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by FDA Devices. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 8 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.