The Stryker Model 6390, Power-LOAD, is a power-loading cot fastener system designed to lift, lower, or steer…
Medical device recall Z-0566-2013. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Dec 26, 2012.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Dec 26, 2012. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 15 states named
- 24 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?
Model 6390 Power-LOAD systems built between September 12, 2012 and September 27, 2012 may have been built with a load switch slide that does not meet specifications causing the lifting ability of the arms to be negatively impacted.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
The Stryker Model 6390, Power-LOAD, is a power-loading cot fastener system designed to lift, lower, or steer ambulance cots into and out of the ambulance.
24, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Item 6390000000 Serial Numbers: 120940217 120940257 120940259 120940260 120940261 120940275 120940276 120940277 120940290 120940291 120940292 120940293 120940294 120940431 120940435 120940436 120940437 120940448 120940449 120940454 120940458 120940459 120940203 120940258
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.
USA, Nationwide including the states of PA, NM, MI, IA, CA, CO, WA, VA, IL, WI, NY, WY, MO, TX, and CT.
The states and territories these words name
15 states and territories.
Every one of them
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
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.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, 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 Oct 11, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Dec 19, 2012.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Dec 26, 2012.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 30, 2013.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Stryker Medical Division of Stryker Corporation, of Portage, MI.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit.
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.”
- 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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