Recall Z-1091-2014 ยท EHD Unit, X-Ray, Extraoral With Timer
Instrumentarium Dental, PaloDEx Group Oy
The FOCUS is a microprocessor controlled intra-oral x-ray unit with a Load Matching Frequency (LMF) DC generator, which produces dental images on digital and film media. For the digital images the FOCUS is connected to the Sigma USB terminal which is connected to a PC, which reads the image data from a sensor and displays the image on the PC monitor. In order to make installation and service faste
| Date | Feb 25, 2014 (initiated Jan 14, 2014) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | Instrumentarium Dental has delivered a number of FOCUS 3.0 Intraoral X-ray units in November 2013 with a potential flaw in the mounting hardware. A number of wall mount units were delivered with FOCUS X-ray machines that had not been properly welded at our supplier. As a result of the incomplete welding operation, the wall mount unit on the FOCUS X-ray unit may not properly support the unit as expected, which could cause the unit to drift. Depending on the extent of the shortened or missing welds, there is also a possibility that the wall mount unit will fail to support the weight of the unit, |
| Root cause | Device Design |
| Action | The firm, Instrumentarium, sent an "URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL" letter dated January 14, 2014 was sent to all PaloDEx direct accounts (including subsidiaries). The letter inested recipients to perform a field inspection on potentially defective FOCUS 3.0 X-ray units (units with serial numbers F21221 - F21641 and F21643). If a defective wall mount is discovered during the inspection, the FOCUS X-ray unit must be taken out of service and the wall mount replaced before continuing use of the device. Replacement wall mounts will be made available free of charge for the field repair. A Technical B |
| Quantity | 101 units (US Distribution) |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution: US (Nationwide) including states of: AK, AZ, CA, CO, GA, IL, KY, MD, MT, NC, NV, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA,and WI; and Internationally to: Belgium Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K022630 | MODIFICATION TO FOCUS Instrumentarium Corp., Oct 9, 2002 |