Baxter Healthcare Corporation: Prismaflex 7.XX ROW, Product Code 114870 Intended Use: The Prismaflex Control Unit is intended for: " Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) for patients weighing 20 kilograms or more with acute renal failure and/or fluid overload. " Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) therapy for patients weighing 20 kilograms or more with diseases where removal of plasma components is indicated. " Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) in conjunction with the MARS system to conduct MARS treatments for patients weighing 20 kilograms or more. All treatments administered via the Prismaflex control unit must be prescribed by a physician.

Recall number

Z-1924-2018

Recalling firm

Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Product

Prismaflex 7.XX ROW, Product Code 114870 Intended Use: The Prismaflex Control Unit is intended for: " Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) for patients weighing 20 kilograms or more with acute renal failure and/or fluid overload. " Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) therapy for patients weighing 20 kilograms or more with diseases where removal of plasma components is indicated. " Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) in conjunction with the MARS system to conduct MARS treatments for patients weighing 20 kilograms or more. All treatments administered via the Prismaflex control unit must be prescribed by a physician.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2018-04-24

Posted

not on file

Terminated

2021-06-22

Reason

Baxter Healthcare will be installing new firmware on all Prismaflex control units to address the potential for a small number of these units to exhibit a failure mode with the pump module electronics. The failure mode may result in a Voltage Out of Range malfunction alarm, which causes the device to enter a safe state and become inoperable until it is serviced. Baxter will be releasing new firmware that will prevent the malfunction from occurring.

Root cause

Software design

Action

The firm, Baxter, sent an "URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION" letter dated 4/24/2018 to its customers. The letter explained the reason for the recall and provided the following direction: "Operators may continue to safely use Prismaflex control units that have not exhibited the Voltage Out of Range malfunction alarm. A local Baxter service representative will contact your facility to determine the correction plan and schedule the firmware upgrade. Your facility will be receiving this firmware upgrade from Baxter at no charge. f you purchased this product directly from Baxter, complete the enclosed Baxter Customer Reply Form and return it to Baxter by faxing it to 224-270-5457 or scanning and e-mailing it to fca@baxter.com, even if you do not have any inventory. Returning the customer reply form promptly will confirm your receipt of this notification and prevent you from receiving repeat notices. If you purchased this product from a distributor, please note that the Baxter customer reply form is not applicable. If a reply form is provided by your distributor or wholesaler, please return it to the supplier according to their instructions. If you distribute this product to other facilities or departments within your institution, please forward a copy of this communication to them. If you are a dealer, wholesaler, distributor/reseller, or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that distributed any affected product to other facilities, please notify your customers of this Urgent Medical Device Correction in accordance with your customary procedures." If you have any questions, call Baxter Corporate Product Surveillance at 800-437-5176 between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm Central Time, Monday through Friday or Email Baxter at: corporate_product_complaints_round_lake@baxter.com.

Quantity

2772 units

Distribution

Worldwide distribution: United States (including Puerto Rico), and countries of: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Bangladesh, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bruni, Philippines, Thailand, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Barbados, Bermuda, Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and EMEA.

Lot, serial or model codes

All Lots and Serial Numbers

510(k) numbers

not on file

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

KDI

Firm FEI

1417572

Firm city

Deerfield

Firm state

IL

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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