FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Draeger Medical, Inc.: Draeger Infinity(R) Delta, Delta XL, Gamma XXL and Kappa Monitors are used to monitor, physiologically, the vital signs of patients (with Arrhythmia Detection or Alarms).
- Recall number
- Z-0281-2012
- Recalling firm
- Draeger Medical, Inc.
- Product
- Draeger Infinity(R) Delta, Delta XL, Gamma XXL and Kappa Monitors are used to monitor, physiologically, the vital signs of patients (with Arrhythmia Detection or Alarms).
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2011-10-31
- Posted
- 2011-11-23
- Terminated
- 2013-07-01
- Reason
- Firm received 2 complaints reporting Ventricular Fibrillation (Vfib) arrhythmias were not recognized by the monitor and did not alarm when the Masimo SET pod is used for SpO2 measurements.
- Root cause
- Software design
- Action
- Firm initiated their recall of this device on October 25, 2011 by sending an "Urgent Medical Device Recall" letter to consignees. A Technical Service Bulletin will be generated and distributed globally that instructs the affected International Draeger subsidiaries to inform customers in their countries. The software anomaly has been corrected in software version 7.3. Draeger Service Representatives will schedule time with customers to upgrade the software in affected monitors. The software upgrade will be provided free of charge.
- Quantity
- 14,894
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution- USA including the states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI and WV and International distribution including the countries of Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brasilien, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Deutschland, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Frankreich, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indien, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Jordanien, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldavia, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Rumania, Russian Fed., Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovenia, Slowenien, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, S¿dafrika, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Tschechische Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, and White Russia.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Catalog Number(s): MS18597 and MS18852, Software versions: VF6.2, VF6.3, VF6.4, VF7.1 and VF7.2
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K070566"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- MHX
- Firm FEI
- 2517967
- Firm city
- Telford
- Firm state
- PA
- 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
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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