FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Fresenius Medical Care North America: Optiflux 180NR Advanced Fresenius Polysulfone, Catalog No.: 0500318E, Fresenius Medical Care North America, Waltham, MA 02451. (Hemodialyzer)
- Recall number
- Z-0738-2008
- Recalling firm
- Fresenius Medical Care North America
- Product
- Optiflux 180NR Advanced Fresenius Polysulfone, Catalog No.: 0500318E, Fresenius Medical Care North America, Waltham, MA 02451. (Hemodialyzer)
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2007-12-03
- Posted
- 2008-02-01
- Terminated
- 2008-02-08
- Reason
- Leaking: the Dialyzer may leak at the header resulting in small amounts of blood loss.
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- Consignees were notified by telephone and certified letter , Urgent Device Recall, on 12/03/2007. They were told to discontinue use and to return all unused affected dialyzers to Fresenius.
- Quantity
- 2,791 cases (33,492 dialyzers)
- Distribution
- Nationwide including the states of AZ, CA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, NE, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, WA, and WI.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot # 7LU416
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K002277"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KDI
- Firm FEI
- 3001451489
- Firm city
- Waltham
- Firm state
- MA
- 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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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28