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
7,441 recalled products
2,526 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.
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Device enforcement product
BD Alaris" System with Guardrails" Suite MX with Point of Care Unit
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Device enforcement product
Puracol and Puracol Plus Collagen Wound Dressings: MSC8522 DRESSING,COLLAGEN,PURACOL,STRL,2" X 2" MSC8622EP DRESSING,COLLAGEN,PURACOL PLUS, 2X2.2"
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Device enforcement product
Product Name: ID NOW" Influenza A & B 2 Model/Catalog Number: 427-000 Software Version: Not Applicable Product Description: Influenza A/B virus nucleic acid IVD, kit, nucleic acid technique Component: Not Applicable
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Device enforcement product
Brand Name: STA Liatest Free Protein S Product Name: STA Liatest Free Protein S Model/Catalog Number (REF): 00516 Product Description: The STA¿ - Liatest¿ Free Protein S kits are intended for use on STA-R¿ and STA Compact¿ for the quantitative antigenic assay of free protein S in human citrated plasma by the immuno-turbidimetric method. Component: Not Applicable
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Device enforcement product
Brand Name: Equinoxe Ergo Product Name: Ergo Modular Impactor Handle Model/Catalog Number: 321-09-05
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Device enforcement product
MICS3 Angled Sagittal Saw Attachment; Part Number: 210490
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Device enforcement product
On-X Mitral Heart Valve with Conform-X Sewing Ring, Model: ONXMC-25/33
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Device enforcement product
HealthCast "Vital Sync" Remote Patient Monitoring System which consists of: Product Number: VSLBASE03P / VITALSYNCSW03 Model / UDI-DI codes: Vital Sync 3.3.1 / 10884521844933 Vital Sync 3.4.0 / 10884521844940 Vital Sync 3.4.1 / 10884521847569 (OUS Only) Vital Sync 3.4.2 / 10884521856127 Product Number: VSLBASE04P / VITALSYNCSW04 Model / UDI-DI codes: Vital Sync 4.0.0 / 10884521849358 Vital Sync 4.0.2 / 10884521856134 The Vital Sync" Informatics Manager is software that is intended to route and store medical device data and device diagnostic information from supported devices to the Virtual Patient Monitoring Platform, 3rd Party Annunciation Systems, Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Clinical Information System (CIS).
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Device enforcement product
Olympus Single Use Biopsy Valve. Model/Catalog Number: MAJ-1218. 20 units per box. The MAJ-1218 has been designed to be attached to the instrument channel port of compatible endoscopes to prevent leakage of body fluids.
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Device enforcement product
Olympus Single use Biopsy Valve. Model/Catalog Number: MAJ-210. 20 units per box. The MAJ-210 has been designed to be attached to the instrument channel port of compatible endoscopes to prevent reflux of body fluids.
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Review official root-cause evidence and provenance
? Unknown
An exact official-identifier join exists, but the joined records contain no supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
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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