FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
3M Company - Health Care Business: 3M(TM) Surgical Clipper by Remington(R) REF 9602 The 3M Surgical Clipper Classic, 9602, is intended to remove body hair and head hair from patients in preparation for any medical procedure requiring hair removal.
- Recall number
- Z-0791-2019
- Recalling firm
- 3M Company - Health Care Business
- Product
- 3M(TM) Surgical Clipper by Remington(R) REF 9602 The 3M Surgical Clipper Classic, 9602, is intended to remove body hair and head hair from patients in preparation for any medical procedure requiring hair removal.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2019-01-14
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2021-02-11
- Reason
- 3M has recently received reports involving the 3MTM Surgical Clipper by Remington, Model 9602, overheating in mobile/field EMS situations while charging from a modified sine wave power inverter.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- The firm, 3M Health Care, disseminated their "Field Safety Action" letter dated 1/9/2019 to its customers beginning on 01/14/2019. The letter described the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to do the following: -Consult facility bio-med or power inverter manual/manufacturer to ensure only pure sine wave inverters are being used in mobile/field EMS situations to charge the 9602 clipper, as emphasized in the new product caution. -Complete and return the Customer Acknowledgement Form to show your understanding of and compliance with this Field Safety Action via Email to: 3Mhealthcare@montage72.com. If you have questions regarding this matter, please contact your local 3M sales rep or the 3M Health Care Customer Helpline at 1-800-228-3957, option #6, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Central Time.
- Quantity
- 19,860 units
- Distribution
- US Distribution and countries Brazil and Canada.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- all lots
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LWK
- 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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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