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Gambro Renal Products, Inc.: Gambro cartridge blood tubing set used with Gambro Dasco Phoenix and Cobe Centrysystem 3 (and 3+) Hemodialysis System, Gambro, Lakewood, CO 80401
- Recall number
- Z-1367-2008
- Recalling firm
- Gambro Renal Products, Inc.
- Product
- Gambro cartridge blood tubing set used with Gambro Dasco Phoenix and Cobe Centrysystem 3 (and 3+) Hemodialysis System, Gambro, Lakewood, CO 80401
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2007-09-10
- Posted
- 2008-03-25
- Terminated
- 2012-01-03
- Reason
- Kinked tubing on hemodialysis device may cause hemolysis.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- On September 10, 2007, the firm sent an Advisory Notice to all consignees alerting them that a kink in the tubing can result in physical hemolysis. The firm included with the Notice a Quick Reference Guide that provides drawing of the proper installation of the Phoenix and describes how to prevent bloodline kinking. A customer reply form was also included. The firm is in the process of making labeling changes that will be released with the updated software revisions.
- Quantity
- 41,000,000
- Distribution
- Nationwide, including 17 VA facilities and 1 military facility. Foreign distribution to Canada, Korea, Mexico.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- All catalog numbers involving the Gambro Cartridge Blood Sets: 003409-400, 003409-410, 003410-500, 003410-510, 004310-710, 003411-500, 003412-500, 003414-500, 003414-510, 003415-510, 003422-500, 003422-515, 003422-520, 003429-500.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K001156"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KDI
- Firm FEI
- 1713683
- Firm city
- Lakewood
- Firm state
- CO
- 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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