Separate sourced root-cause wording from missing evidence.
This laboratory joins device enforcement products to public FDA device-enrichment records through
documented exact identifiers. It preserves official wording and never turns an absent or conflicting join into a conclusion.
Four explicit evidence outcomes
What each state means
Global device-product counts
Sourced 32,075 products
At least one exact joined official device-enrichment row contains root-cause wording. The wording is preserved as an official fact, not an app conclusion.
? Unknown 7,441 products
An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This does not mean FDA reported that the cause is unknown.
Unavailable 3 products
No public enrichment row could be joined through the supported exact identifiers, or the enrichment source itself was unavailable. This is not evidence of no root cause.
Ambiguous 0 products
Official identifier candidates conflict. Recall Observatory preserves the conflict and does not select a candidate or synthesize root-cause wording.
Coverage and provenance
Device sources represented
Device enrichment
openFDA Device Recall ·
event_date_initiated coverage
June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026
Official source
· published July 16, 2026 07:05
Enforcement
openFDA Device Enforcement ·
report-date coverage
June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026
Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
Official source
· published July 16, 2026 07:03
Enforcement bounds use FDA report dates; device-enrichment bounds use FDA event_date_initiated. A product's recall-initiation date can precede enforcement report-date coverage.
Counts use distinct recalled products and exact recall events. Wording is grouped only by byte-for-byte database equality;
similar phrases are not normalized, merged, ranked, or interpreted as equivalent causes.
Exact official device root-cause wording counts
Official root-cause wording
Recalled products
Exact events
Device Design
5,544
2,055
Process control
4,983
1,836
Nonconforming Material/Component
4,049
1,363
Software design
2,469
1,529
Packaging
1,376
150
Component design/selection
1,096
440
Other
984
377
No Marketing Application
941
214
Packaging process control
846
256
Process change control
807
277
Error in labeling
790
298
Process design
790
322
Employee error
749
410
Package design/selection
636
117
Labeling design
631
223
Equipment maintenance
505
126
Labeling Change Control
485
268
Material/Component Contamination
423
165
Labeling mix-ups
401
260
Component change control
391
154
Use error
316
142
Mixed-up of materials/components
290
180
Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act
274
181
Storage
270
42
Vendor change control
258
66
Packaging change control
255
72
Labeling False and Misleading
253
116
Software Design Change
209
145
Environmental control
186
36
Software change control
159
89
Incorrect or no expiration date
144
59
Software Manufacturing/Software Deployment
137
84
Software design (manufacturing process)
100
62
Reprocessing Controls
88
28
Manufacturing material removal
82
21
Software in the Use Environment
82
60
Release of Material/Component prior to receiving test results
40
28
Finished device change control
26
15
PMA
6
3
Counterfeit
4
4
Current device enforcement corpus
32,075 recalled products
12,273 exact events
The selected filter changes this product ledger and its product/event summary only. The four-state overview and exact-wording register remain global corpus context.
Device enforcement product
Medline convenience kits: ACL PACK DYNJ64161C ARTHROSCOPY PACK DYNJ47103D DYNJ67197G DYNJ85197A DYNJT4007 BASIC ACCESS PACK-LF DYNJ36698B BASIC BACK TRAY DYNJ89037 BASIC PEDI PACK-LF DYNJ0171446I DYNJ0171446J BASIC SPINE DYNJ910915A BREAST PACK DYNJ87587A BREAST PLASTIC PACK DYNJ84482C C SECTION DYNJ49172I CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY PACK DYNJ48013L CENTRAL LINE PACK-LF DYNJ0220136S CERVICAL FUSION DYNJ908135B CERVICAL SPINE PACK DYNJ53044G C-SECTION DYNJ909099F DAVINCI PROSTATE PACK DYNJ61711C DEPAUL FOOT & ANKLE-LF DYNJ20010L DIEP PACK DYNJ64964J DYNJ43210K DYNJ61787F DYNJ87065 EAR CUSTOM PACK DYNJ82564A ENT FREE FLAP PACK SAFETY DYNJ54720D EP PACEMAKER SAFETY #1 DYNJ54722F EPCH EXTREMITY PACK DYNJ83095B EXTREMITY PACK DYNJ32934F EXTREMITY PACK-LF DYNJ68935B FISTULA PACK DYNJ66502B GENDER AFFIRMING SURGERY DYNJ66252F GYN LAPAROSCOPY PACK AHSC DYNJT8381 HAND PACK WATCHMAKER-LF DYNJ34580D HEAD & NECK PACK-LF DYNJ0282388T DYNJ88308 HIP SCOPE DYNJ907120D KNEE ARTHRO PACK DYNJ58404F KNEE ARTHROSCOPY PACK DYNJ84740A LAMI OVERHEAD PACK DYNJ46531Q LAMINECTOMY NEURO MPH DYNJT5271 LAMINECTOMY PACK DYNJ68785D LAP APPY PACK DYNJT6005 LAP CHOLE PACK DYNJ82087A LEVY PACK DYNJ83939C MAJOR LAP VCH DYNJ39217P MAJOR NEURO PACK-LF DYNJ0578916AA MAJOR PACK DYNJ58528J MINOR GEN PACK DYNJ61661B MINOR LAPAROTOMY PACK-LF DYNJ0753436P MINOR PACK DYNJ54968B NEURO PACK DYNJ67628D NEURO SHUNT PACK-LF DYNJ0578815W OMFS PACK DYNJ54400C OPEN HEART PACK DYNJT5008 OPEN HEART-LF DYNJ48260F OPEN LAPAROTOMY PACK DYNJ39247I DYNJ39247J PACEMAKER PACK DYNJ31461I DYNJ61411C PACK,ORTHO FLIP DYNJ65471B PED OPEN HEART PACK DYNJ45373G PLASTIC PACK DYNJ82495D PLASTICS PK - NO SYR DYNJ62433F PODIATRY PACK OP7809M PPE BUNDLE KIT DT13351A PROSTATE ROBOTIC PACK DYNJ84120C RADIAL ART LINE INSERTION ARTNC234 ROBOTIC GENERAL WHH DYNJT5376 ROBOTIC PACK DYNJ47978G RR-SPINE PACK DYNJ62643B SHOULDER ARTH PACK DYNJ58410D SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY PACK DYNJ54477C DYNJT8391 SHOULDER PACK DYNJ61052B DYNJT3266 SHOULDER PACK-LF DYNJ0122428K PHS656414I SPINE PACK DYNJ64949C DYNJ83649B SPINE SHOULDER PACK DYNJ47104D STERILE ACCESS KIT DYNDA2664 TOTAL KNEE PACK DYNJ84741B TUBAL PACK DYNJ68253F UNIVERSAL PACK DYNJ83246B VA TAMPA GENERAL ROBOTIC PACK DYNJT6993 W.C. MINOR LAPAROTOMY PK-LF DYNJ0509186J ZALE OTOLOGY CDS CDS983181G
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Official device-enrichment wording
Process control
Device enforcement product
GE HealthCare TRADE IN CARESCAPE TELEMETRY SERVER ARK-2250L - NORTH AMERICA, REF #5697603-902, Product Code KSA; used in conjunction wtih ApexPro CARESCAPE Telemetry Server (CTS) v6.0; Monitor, Physiological, Patient(With Arrhythmia Detection Or Alarms)
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Official device-enrichment wording
Software design
Device enforcement product
GE HealthCare APEXPRO v5.0 - ARK2250 - Software Disaster Recovery USB Kit - Orderable by GE Service only, REF #2108523-01; ApexPro CARESCAPE Telemetry Server (CTS) v5.0; Monitor, Physiological, Patient(With Arrhythmia Detection Or Alarms)
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Official device-enrichment wording
Software design
Evidence boundary: this page reports official device-enrichment wording and exact join outcomes.
It does not infer a root cause, merge similar phrases, or treat missing enrichment as evidence of no root cause.
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