HYPOTHERMIA SLIPPERS Supportive in Cancer
Medical device recall Z-1602-2018. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 9, 2018.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 9, 2018. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Not named no state, in where it went
- 12352 units 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?
Hypothermia mitts, hypothermia slippers, and hypothermia caps on the market are misbranded for use during chemotherapy treatments. Additionally, Southwest Technologies, Inc. was informed of 2 events of frostbite to digits in the last year while using the hypothermia mitts.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
HYPOTHERMIA SLIPPERS Supportive in Cancer, packaged under the following brands: (a) Elasto-Gel(TM), SL3000 (b) Elasto-Gel(TM), SL3000LV (c) Elasto-Gel(TM), SL3001 (d) Elasto-Gel(TM), SL3007 (e) Elasto-Gel(TM), SL3008
12352 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
US Distribution: (a) SL3000, Lot Numbers: 110713C 122612D 091412C 070909D 052213E 080813D 020314D 031714D 071014B 101514B 120214B 011415B 030515C 041315C 071315C 091115C 100915C 020516D 030316D 041116D 060116B 062916C 081716B 101216D OUS…
Every code shown here, 804 characters
US Distribution: (a) SL3000, Lot Numbers: 110713C 122612D 091412C 070909D 052213E 080813D 020314D 031714D 071014B 101514B 120214B 011415B 030515C 041315C 071315C 091115C 100915C 020516D 030316D 041116D 060116B 062916C 081716B 101216D OUS Distribution: (a) SL3000, Lot Numbers: 102909D 070909D 011110C 030210C 042110D 050610C 080910C 100610D 011911C 031111D 060211C 080911C 100611B 012512B 031912C 061212D 091412C 110712B 122612D 052213E 080813D 110713C 020314D 031714D 071014B 101514B 120214B 011415B 030515C 041315C 071315C 091115C 100915C 020516D 030316D 040816B 041116D 060116B 081716B 101216D 013117B 022017D 041917C (b) SL3000LV, Lot Numbers: 022117C 032817C 050417B 061917C 071217B (c) SL3001, Lot Numbers: 032410C, 110210B (d) SL3007, Lot Numbers: 080510E, 102616D (e) SL3008, Lot Numbers: 030110C
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.
worldwide
These words name no state.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 Dec 28, 2017.
- FDA classified it on May 3, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on May 9, 2018.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Southwest Technologies Inc, of Kansas City, MO.
- 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.”
- 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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