FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Capintec Inc: Captus 700 Thyroid Uptake System, Model # 5430-3137 and 5430-3138
- Recall number
- Z-0551-2019
- Recalling firm
- Capintec Inc
- Product
- Captus 700 Thyroid Uptake System, Model # 5430-3137 and 5430-3138
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2018-11-05
- Posted
- 2018-12-04
- Terminated
- 2020-06-30
- Reason
- There is a potential for the spring arm failure as a result of a broken tension rod (a component inside the arm). A break in the tension rod can casue the collimator to fall downward to its lowest point of travel, approximately 25 inches from the ground.
- Root cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Action
- Notification letters were sent to customers on 11/5/18. A Revised Product Alert - Corrective Action letter was sent to customers beginning 1/15/19 due to an expansion of the event.
- Quantity
- 65
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution - US nationwide distributed in the states of AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, IA, IN, LA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TX, VA, WI, WV, and countries of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Serial Numbers 700004 through 700018. Serial Numbers 700019 through 700086 as of 1/15/19.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- IZD
- Firm FEI
- 3000123149
- Firm city
- Florham Park
- Firm state
- NJ
- 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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