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
COOK MEDICAL NCompass¿ Nitinol Stone Extractor: Reference Part Number C-NTSE-2.4-115-NC3, Order Number G36250; Reference Part Number C-NTSE-2.4-115-NCT4, Order Number G36251.
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Official device-enrichment wording
Incorrect or no expiration date
Device enforcement product
COOK MEDICAL Spectrum¿ Central Venous Catheter Set: Reference Part Number C-UDLM-401J-ABRM-HC, Order Number G43983; Reference Part Number C-UDLM-401J-ABRM-HC-CAH, Order Number G24754; Reference Part Number C-UDLM-401J-LSC-ABRM-HC, Order Number G43986; Reference Part Number C-UDLM-401J-PED-ABRM-HC, Order Number G43984; Reference Part Number C-UDLM-401J-PED-ABRM-HC-CAH, Order Number G24752; Reference Part Number C-UDLM-401J-RSC-ABRM-HC, Order Number G43985; Reference Part Number C-UDLM-501J-ABRM-HC, Order Number G43995; Reference Part Number C-UDLM-501J-PED-ABRM-HC, Order Number G43996; Reference Part Number C-UDLM-501J-RSC-ABRM-HC, Order Number G43997; Reference Part Number C-UDLM-801J-ABRM-HC, Order Number G50817; Reference Part Number C-UQLM-1001J-ABRM-HC-RD, Order Number G51537; Reference Part Number C-UQLM-1001J-RSC-ABRM-HC-RD, Order Number G51539; Reference Part Number C-UTLM-501J-ABRM-HC, Order Number G44005; Reference Part Number C-UTLM-501J-ABRM-HC-CAH, Order Number G24803; Reference Part Number C-UTLM-501J-LSC-ABRM-HC, Order Number G44008; Reference Part Number C-UTLM-501J-PED-ABRM-HC, Order Number G44006; Reference Part Number C-UTLM-501J-RSC-ABRM-HC, Order Number G44007; Reference Part Number C-UTLM-501J-RSC-ABRM-HC-CAH, Order Number G24765; Reference Part Number C-UTLM-701J-ABRM-HC-RD, Order Number G47825; Reference Part Number C-UTLM-701J-ABRM-HC-RD-CAH, Order Number G24809; Reference Part Number C-UTLM-701J-ABRM-HC-RD-P, Order Number G53599; Reference Part Number C-UTLM-701J-LSC-ABRM-HC-RD, Order Number G47827; Reference Part Number C-UTLM-701J-RSC-ABRM-HC-RD, Order Number G47829; Reference Part Number C-UTLM-701J-RSC-ABRM-HC-RD-CAH, Order Number G24810.
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Incorrect or no expiration date
Device enforcement product
COOK MEDICAL Approach CTO-18 Micro Wire Guide, Reference Part Number CMW-14-190-18G, Order Number G50788; Reference Part Number CMW-14-300-18G, Order Number G50792
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Official device-enrichment wording
Incorrect or no expiration date
Device enforcement product
Melker Universal Cuffed Emergency Cricothyrotomy Catheter Set: Reference Part Number C-TCCSB-500-UNI, Order Number G32193; Reference Part Number C-TCCSB-500-UNI-01, Order Number G47665.
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Official device-enrichment wording
Incorrect or no expiration date
Device enforcement product
COOK MEDICAL Arterial Pressure Monitoring Tray, Reference Part Number APMY-2.5-15-0-2.5 , Order Number G58412; Reference Part Number APMY-4.0-21J-1-12, Order Number G58419
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Official device-enrichment wording
Incorrect or no expiration date
Device enforcement product
COOK MEDICAL Spectrum¿ Central Venous Tray: Reference Part Number C-UQLMYJ-1001J-RSC-ABRM-HC-FST-A-RD, Order Number G44800; Reference Part Number C-UTLMYJ-701J-ABRM-HC-IHI-FST-A-RD, Order Number G44809; Reference Part Number C-UTLMYJ-701J-RSC-ABRM-HC-FST-A-RD, Order Number G44806; Reference Part Number C-UTLMYJ-701J-RSC-ABRM-HC-IHI-FST-A-RD, Order Number G44807.
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Official device-enrichment wording
Incorrect or no expiration date
Device enforcement product
COOK MEDICAL Wayne Pneumothorax Set: Reference Part Number C-UTPT-1020-WAYNE-IMH, Order Number G56532; Reference Part Number C-UTPT-1400-WAYNE-112497-IMH, Order Number G56535.
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Official device-enrichment wording
Incorrect or no expiration date
Device enforcement product
COOK MEDICAL Blue Rhino G2-Multi Percutaneous Tracheostomy Introducer Set: Reference Part Number C-PTIS-100-HC-G-EU, Order Number G57685; Reference Part Number C-PTIS-100-HC-G-NA, Order Number G57682; Reference Part Number C-PTIS-100-UNL-HC-G-EU, Order Number G57687; Reference Part Number C-PTIS-100-UNS-HC-G-EU, Order Number G57686.
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Official device-enrichment wording
Incorrect or no expiration date
Device enforcement product
COOK MEDICAL Approach CTO-12 Micro Wire Guide: Reference Part Number CMW-14-190-12G, Order Number G50787; Reference Part Number CMW-14-300-12G, Order Number G50791
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Official device-enrichment wording
Incorrect or no expiration date
Device enforcement product
COOK MEDICAL Ciaglia Blue Rhino Percutaneous Tracheostomy Introducer Set: Reference Part Number C-PTIS-100-FLEX-HC, Order Number G32092; Reference Part Number C-PTIS-100-HC, Order Number G12115.
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Incorrect or no expiration date
Device enforcement product
Tornier HRS Max parts: 1. TORNIER HRS Max Tuberosity Body Lat Coat, Small, Cat. No. ARS1041101 2. TORNIER HRS Max Tuberosity Body No Coat, Small, Cat. No. ARS1041102 3. TORNIER HRS Max Trial, Cat. No. ARS10252
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Official device-enrichment wording
Labeling design
Device enforcement product
COOK MEDICAL Blue Rhino¿ G2-Multi Percutaneous Tracheostomy Introducer Tray: Reference Part Number C-PTISY-100-HC-G-NA, Order Number G57703; Reference Part Number C-PTISY-100-UNL-HC-G-NA, Order Number G57706; Reference Part Number C-PTISY-100-UNS-HC-G-NA, Order Number G57704.
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Official device-enrichment wording
Device 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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