FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Southwest Technologies Inc: HYPOTHERMIA MITTS Supportive in Cancer, packaged under the following brands: (a) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7006 (b) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7006LV (c) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7007 (d) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7008 (e) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7008b (f) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7009 (g) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7010 (h) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7011 (i) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7012
- Recall number
- Z-1601-2018
- Recalling firm
- Southwest Technologies Inc
- Product
- HYPOTHERMIA MITTS Supportive in Cancer, packaged under the following brands: (a) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7006 (b) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7006LV (c) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7007 (d) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7008 (e) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7008b (f) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7009 (g) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7010 (h) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7011 (i) Elasto-Gel(TM), TM7012
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2017-12-28
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- Hypothermia mitts, hypothermia slippers, and hypothermia caps on the market are misbranded for use during chemotherapy treatments. Additionally, Southwest Technologies, Inc. was informed of 2 events of frostbite to digits in the last year while using the hypothermia mitts.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Southwest Technologies initiated their recall on December 28, 2017 by Certified Mail and expanded their recall to include international consignees on January 31, 2018 by Fed Ex. The consignees were requested to return or discard (US) and discard only (International).
- Quantity
- 15434 units
- Distribution
- worldwide
- Lot, serial or model codes
- US distribution: (a) TM7006, Lot numbers: 060805B, 050415D (b) TM7008, Lot numbers: 031111B, 100511D, 012512C, 031912B, 071212D, 122612C, 021813C, 030513B, 031309D, 052213D, 090313E, 120613C, 022714D, 040114B OUS distribution: (a) TM7006, Lot Numbers: 090909C 102209C 031710D 050510D 080910B 010611B 031111C 090811D 100511C 060612D 101212B 110712D 020613C 070213E 101713B 031414C 063014D 092914C 101614B 012115D 050415D 111015D 020316B 042116D 101116D (b) TM7006LV, Lot Numbers: 022117B 032817B 050317D 061917D 071217C (c) TM7007, Lot Numbers: 032410D, 110210D (d) TM7008, Lot Numbers: 120709B 040210D 050610B 031111B 082311B 080911D 100511D 012512C 031912B 071212D 122612C 021813C 030513B 052213D 090313E 120613C 022714D 040114B 051414C 102714D 090814C 121614D 041015C 051815D 091115B 101715C 121015D 030316B 032116C 042016C 060116C 082316F 101116C 022017C 041817C (e) TM7009, Lot Numbers: 080510C 120211E 092012C 101013C 042215B 102616C (f) TM7010, Lot Numbers: 030110D (g) TM7011, Lot Numbers: 030110E (h) TM7012, Lot Numbers: 042110D
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- N/A
- Firm FEI
- 1929833
- Firm city
- Kansas City
- Firm state
- MO
- 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