CritiCool, thermoregulation device
Medical device recall Z-0153-2023. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 9, 2022.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 9, 2022. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 158 (US); 803 (OUS) how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Premature pump failure may lead to the device displaying a HALT 4 error, from which the device cannot recover even after device reboot. The issue may potentially lead to delayed treatment and a failure to deliver the prescribed thermoregulation therapy. To date, the firm has received one report of death potentially related to this issue.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
CritiCool, thermoregulation device
158 (US); 803 (OUS), in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
UDI-DI: 07290107581110 Serial Numbers: 9978580900011 99110698100043 99110698100044 9963715800012 9982077400003 9971040500004 9982294100006 9964294500006 9963715800008 9964294500007 9978580900008 9978580900009 9999186600019 99110008800035…
Every code shown here, 1,998 characters
UDI-DI: 07290107581110 Serial Numbers: 9978580900011 99110698100043 99110698100044 9963715800012 9982077400003 9971040500004 9982294100006 9964294500006 9963715800008 9964294500007 9978580900008 9978580900009 9999186600019 99110008800035 99110008800036 99109321700020 99109321700026 99110992900020 99100663300011 99100663300014 99101637500005 99110698100048 9966227400007 9966227400012 9989990200008 9995915300007 9995915300014 9966227400008 9966227400011 9969231000003 9969231000004 9969231000005 9969570100004 9969570100014 9969570100018 99108208900030 99109321700010 9989990200012 99110992900011 9974072400005 99102316800013 9974085100011 9995355700003 99108208900023 99108208900025 996622740007 9969570100016 99104180900007 99107291500013 99107291500016 9983874900002 99108208900022 99109321700004 9978471200014 99100663300013 99100663300023 9995355500001 9995355500001 9995355500003 9995355500003 9996480200001 99104183000019 99104183000021 99110698100028 99110698100029 9982315400005 9982315400007 99110992900003 99110992900004 99110992900005 9964294500014 99102316800010 9999186600018 9999186600020 99100663300024 9974085100004 9989990200007 9995355500007 9974085100001 9974085100005 9974085100007 9974085100008 9974085100017 9974085100018 9974085100022 9974085100023 9974085100026 9975437700001 9969570200002 9969570100020 9976535500007 9976535500002 9986341600006 9986341600007 9986341600008 9975437700020 9981876000006 9981876000008 9982077400005 9982077400007 9982077400001 9995355600002 99110992900012 99110992900013 9995355500006 9986341600011 9988633600001 9988633600016 9973538600014 9978580900010 99104728800017 9964294500017 9976535500004 99100663300026 9964294500004 9969414800006 99109321700019 99108045000012 99108045000026 99108045000028 9973538500009 9974072400008 9982077400004 9982294100004 9982294100005 9999186600010 9999186600008 9971554000008 9971554000010 9982294100009 9963715800014 99110992900017 9969570200011 9971040400008 9971473300015 9982294100013 9975437700015…
FDA’s list runs to 13,802 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Domestic distribution nationwide. Foreign distribution worldwide.
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Jul 20, 2021.
- FDA classified it on Oct 31, 2022.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Nov 9, 2022.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Belmont Instrument Corporation, of Billerica, MA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 13,802 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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