BfArM - Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
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BfArM Recommendations
BfArM Recommendations include information about risks arising from medical devices and measures recommended by the Federal Institute in order to reduce or eliminate risks. The recommendations mainly derive from the evaluation of incident reports received under the medical devices vigilance system.
The recommendation that the Angioplasty Catheter FlowMedical PTA-CATH 5,0 x 100 of the manufacturer itm FlowMedical GmbH should not be used anymore is cancelled by BfArM
Fa. Ethicon informs about the existence of a counterfeit product labeled PROXIMATE PPH Procedure for Prolaps and Hemorrhoids, product code PPH03, lot number F4N12N
The patient chair of the dental unit PROPHY RELAX could suddenly drop down from the selected position. BfArM recommends all users to check on the bearings in the spindle drive.
Due to insufficient cooperation of the manufactures Helbio SA (Switzerland), Idemsa ( Spain) and Fidia Srl (Italy), an appropriate risk assassment by BfArM is not possible. Thus, BfArM precautionarily recommends to stop using of dialysers produced by these manufacturers immediately.
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