The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Class 1 recall, which is the most serious of all recall classes, for the Stryker OASYS Midline Occiput Plate, used in cervical spinal fusion surgery, following reports of post-operative...
FDA Issues Class II Recall on Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci Surgical Robot
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Class II recall of Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci surgical robots due to inadequate testing of thirty units.
Class II recalls indicate “a situation in which use of or exposure to a...
FDA Issues Warnings on Fentanyl Patches
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to healthcare professionals, as well as to the public, outlining the appropriate storage, use, application, and disposal of fentanyl painkiller patches, including Duragesic (Janssen...