Smith & Nephew Inc.: Smith & Nephew RENASYS Soft Port REF: 66800799 (The RENASYS Soft Port Dressing Kits are used in conjunction with negative pressure wound therapy pumps)

Recall number

Z-1157-2014

Recalling firm

Smith & Nephew Inc.

Product

Smith & Nephew RENASYS Soft Port REF: 66800799 (The RENASYS Soft Port Dressing Kits are used in conjunction with negative pressure wound therapy pumps)

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2014-01-09

Posted

2014-03-10

Terminated

2014-09-26

Reason

Reports of wound fluid and /or blood that were not evacuated from beneath the wound dressing and the pump blockage alarm did not activate has been associated with inadequate Soft Port sealing at the wound site or improper positioning of the Soft Port orifice over the wound contact dressing drape. Inadequate sealing can result in air leaks and contribute to inefficient fluid evacuation from the wo

Root cause

Packaging change control

Action

A product bulletin titled "Soft Port Enhancements" dated March 14, 2013, was released for external distribution describing the changes to the Soft Port products, e.g. increasing the Soft Port orifices size and adding a second slit to the release paper covering the port adhesive, and stating the purpose of the modifications to the device. These product bulletin was provided to sales representatives for distribution to customers requesting information regarding the design enhancement made to the Soft Port product range. The bulletin was not distributed to all the customers. To ensure that the product modification and its purpose was appropriately communicated to consignees of affected product a Medical Device Correction Notice, dated 01/22/2014, retrospectively advising customers of the modification to the Soft Port products has been prepared and was sent to consignees of the affected products on the same date.

Quantity

162,629 invididual units

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including Puerto Rico and the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, KY, LA, MA, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WV, HI and the countries Dubai, Curacao, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Germany, France, England, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, New Zealand, Manila, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Singapore, Turkey, Taipei and Vietnam.

Lot, serial or model codes

ALL LOT #s 2013010311 and lower

510(k) numbers

["K110647"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

OMP

Firm FEI

3006760724

Firm city

Saint Petersburg

Firm state

FL

Firm country

not on file

Cite as

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

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