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Medical device recall Z-2040-2017. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 17, 2017.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 17, 2017. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 159 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?
Potential Patient Demographic Error with Blank Patient ID Field
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
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159 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Serial Numbers: 30762 32470 33999 35395 36284 39672 40405 40456 40508 30779 33198 34000 35462 37243 39688 40406 40460 40509 30784 33201 34082 35688 37261 39689 40407 40461 40510 30819 33232 34083 35690 37275 39690 40408 40464 40512 30841…
Every code shown here, 970 characters
Serial Numbers: 30762 32470 33999 35395 36284 39672 40405 40456 40508 30779 33198 34000 35462 37243 39688 40406 40460 40509 30784 33201 34082 35688 37261 39689 40407 40461 40510 30819 33232 34083 35690 37275 39690 40408 40464 40512 30841 33370 34291 35692 37292 39691 40409 40466 40561 30842 33438 34427 35693 37295 39692 40410 40467 40562 30844 33459 34438 35703 37296 39693 40411 40468 40565 30846 33573 34442 35705 37563 39694 40412 40469 40568 30904 33640 34444 35922 38110 39695 40413 40470 40576 30905 33643 34627 36003 38138 39698 40421 40471 40580 30906 33863 35002 36005 38306 39699 40422 40473 40582 30907 33865 35009 36006 38815 39700 40427 40477 40583 31006 33968 35053 36007 39301 39701 40436 40489 40594 31771 33986 35055 36008 39303 39702 40437 40501 40596 31772 33997 35195 36113 39459 39703 40448 40502 40612 32356 33998 35393 36116 39597 40403 40451 40503 40616 40624 40625 40642 40643 40644 40647 40648 40666 40669 40677 40678 40679 40748 40806 313388
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.
Nationwide Foreign: Australia Bangladesh Chile Colombia France Germany Hong Kong India Ireland Japan Latvia Mexico Spain Switzerland Thailand Uruguay
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?
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 Apr 10, 2017.
- FDA classified it on May 5, 2017.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on May 17, 2017.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 20, 2019.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc, of Norwood, 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.”
- 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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