Cirq Arm System
Medical device recall Z-2925-2020. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 9, 2020.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 9, 2020. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 3 states named in where it went
- 21 arms 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?
Holding force of the Positioning Arm can be reduced by prolonged non-use.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Cirq Arm System - Model SBS 1.3.2 (Art.No. 56000-01B) and SBS 1.4 (Art.No. 56000-01C) of the CIRQ Arm System (56000 and 56000A)
21 arms, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Article Number: 56000-01B, Description: CIRQ ARM SYSTEM 1.3.2, Serial numbers: 20100132017 20100132019 20100132020 20100132022 20100132023 20100132026 20100132028 20100132030 20100132031 20100132033 20100132035 20100132036 20100132037…
Every code shown here, 406 characters
Article Number: 56000-01B, Description: CIRQ ARM SYSTEM 1.3.2, Serial numbers: 20100132017 20100132019 20100132020 20100132022 20100132023 20100132026 20100132028 20100132030 20100132031 20100132033 20100132035 20100132036 20100132037 20100132038 20100132039 Article Number: 56000-01C, Description:CIRQ ARM SYSTEM 1.4, Serial numbers: 20100140052 20100140053 20100140054 20100140055 20100140056 20100140057
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: DC, OH, IL OUS: Bulgaria; France; Germany; United Kingdom
The states and territories these words name
- District of Columbia
- Illinois
- Ohio
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?
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 Aug 20, 2020.
- FDA classified it on Aug 29, 2020.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 9, 2020.
- FDA terminated it on May 13, 2021.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Brainlab AG, of Munich, Germany.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: E-Mail.
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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