FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
3M Company - Health Care Business: Novaplus Monitoriing Electrode with Foam Tape and Sticky Gel - Product Usage: intended to be used by healthcare professionals for ECG monitoring. 5 electrodes per card; 1 card per pouch; 200 pouches per shipper box (1000 electrodes total).
- Recall number
- Z-0419-2021
- Recalling firm
- 3M Company - Health Care Business
- Product
- Novaplus Monitoriing Electrode with Foam Tape and Sticky Gel - Product Usage: intended to be used by healthcare professionals for ECG monitoring. 5 electrodes per card; 1 card per pouch; 200 pouches per shipper box (1000 electrodes total).
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2020-09-15
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2022-02-01
- Reason
- Corrosion could cause performance failures in the product.
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- The recalling firm issued customer letters to consignees on 10/7-8/2020. The recalling firm is requesting a returned acknowledgement form from the consignee. Distributors will also be sent a template customer letter and customer acknowledgement so that they may notify their customers. The recalling firm will initiate multiple attempts to follow up with non responders. Customers and distributors are requested to dispose of any products still in their possession.
- Quantity
- 1,572,000 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Europe (Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden) and Worldwide (China, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica, Canada).
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Cat. No. V2560-5 (SKU: 70-2011-8381-4, SAP #: 7100205978). GTIN: 10707387788176 (pouch) and 50707387788174 (shipper) Lots: 202112EQ (Expiration 2021-12-09); 202201EA (Expiration 2022-01-01); 202205EH (Expiration 2022-05-14); and 202205EI (Expiration 2022-05-19)
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K970796"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- DRX
- Firm FEI
- 2110898
- Firm city
- Saint 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
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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