Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 13568 |
| Brand Name: | Parker Medical Flex-Tip endotracheal tube |
| Model: | Lot No; 1107071643 |
| Affected: | I-PFHV -70, I-PFHV-75 and I-PFHV-80 |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Obex Medical Ltd Level 3, 109 Carlton Gore Road Newmarket Auckland 1023 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 656 539 |
| Manufacturer: | Well Lead Medical Co Ltd |
| Issue: | Several reports that the cuffs of Parker medical tubes with the lot number 1107021643 lacked the ability to be properly inflated or to maintain pressure after inflation. There are no reports of patient injury. Parker Medical is concerned with the potential for injury due to the inability of the cuffs on these tubes to be properly inflated or to maintain their pressure after inflation. |
| Recall action type: | Recall |
| Recall action: | Product to be returned to supplier |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 3/10/2012 |
