FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
3M Company / Medical Division: NOVAPLUS Electrosurgical Grounding Pads, Split with Cord Catalog No. 7179V
- Recall number
- Z-0037-05
- Recalling firm
- 3M Company / Medical Division
- Product
- NOVAPLUS Electrosurgical Grounding Pads, Split with Cord Catalog No. 7179V
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2004-09-30
- Posted
- 2004-10-22
- Terminated
- 2005-11-14
- Reason
- Improper wire placement from the patient plate to the ESU connector plug results in an intermittent displacement connection.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- A recall notification letter dated 09/30/2004 was sent to Hospitals and Health Care Distributors instructing consignees to immedately remove all effective product from lot 2007-06 HP.
- Quantity
- 384 cases containing 40 pads each for a total of 15,360 pads
- Distribution
- The subject product lot was distributed to the following key 3M distributors: Owens & Minor, Cardinal Health, McKesson, Professional Health Supply, and the Burrows Company.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot 2007-06 HP
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K833364"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JOS
- Firm FEI
- 2110898
- Firm city
- South St Paul
- Firm state
- MN
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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