FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

The Connecting Bracket (Fixture) Device (1002.65A0) is designed as a connecting element to support ancillary head rests on a Maquet operating room table immediately before, during and after surgical interventions as well as for examination and treatment. The fixture is used to adapt a range of different head and horseshoe head rests with a central square mount

Recall: Z-2746-2016 · Reported September 14, 2016

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-2746-2016
Event ID
74915
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Maquet Cardiovascular Us Sales, Llc
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
September 14, 2016
Initiation Date
August 12, 2016
Classification Date
September 7, 2016
Termination Date
May 4, 2017
Address
45 Barbour Pond Dr, Wayne, NJ, 07470-2094, United States

Description

The Connecting Bracket (Fixture) Device (1002.65A0) is designed as a connecting element to support ancillary head rests on a Maquet operating room table immediately before, during and after surgical interventions as well as for examination and treatment. The fixture is used to adapt a range of different head and horseshoe head rests with a central square mount

Reason

Post Market Surveillance cases reported to Maquet showing instances in which the welded joint between the square mount and the first fixable swivel joint of Maquet's Connecting Bracket (Fixture) Device is broken.

Code Info

Part Number/Catalog Number 1002.64A0

Distribution

Nationwide Distribution to CA, FL, IA, IN, MO, UT and WI

Quantity

19 units (US) and 1975 units (OUS)