FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Cincinnati Sub-Zero Products Inc: ECMO Heater Model 333W, Cardiopulmonary bypass temperature controllers. This device is intended to provide temperature-controlled warm water flow to a blood heat exchanger in order to maintain a patient's blood temperature. It can be used during extracorporeal circulation procedures. It is intended to use with commercially available heat exchangers.
- Recall number
- Z-2721-2011
- Recalling firm
- Cincinnati Sub-Zero Products Inc
- Product
- ECMO Heater Model 333W, Cardiopulmonary bypass temperature controllers. This device is intended to provide temperature-controlled warm water flow to a blood heat exchanger in order to maintain a patient's blood temperature. It can be used during extracorporeal circulation procedures. It is intended to use with commercially available heat exchangers.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2011-05-02
- Posted
- 2011-07-01
- Terminated
- 2013-03-07
- Reason
- The probe jack contacts (terminals) on certain of the firm's ECMO Heater devices are located too close to the solid state relay contacts (terminals) which can lead to the terminals coming into contact with each other. If this situation occurs, the service technician, user, and/or patient could be exposed to electric shock during servicing and/or use.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- Cincinnati Sub-Zero Products Inc issued an "Urgeant Medical Device Field Action" letter on May 2, 2011 to all affected customers. The letter includes; description of product and problem, affected lots and instructs customers to discontinue its use. The product is to be returned to the Service Department for an update and the customer is instructed to complete and mail Field Action Form. For additional contact the firm at 1-800-989-7373 or (513) 772-8810.
- Quantity
- 212 units - U. S. distribution & 44 units foreign distribution
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution and countries of The Netherlands, Kuwait, India, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and Australia. (USA) Nationwide including the states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, MIN, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, WA, and WI.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Model: 333W Part Number: 86135 (115V), 86136 (230V) and 86138 (240V) Serial Number: 942-E2979 through 031-E5150
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K811742"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- DWJ
- Firm FEI
- 1516825
- Firm city
- Cincinnati
- Firm state
- OH
- Firm country
- not on file
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- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
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- Published
- 2026-09-28
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