Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 22941 |
| Brand Name: | Catheter, intravascular, general-purpose |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | products containing the 3/8" vent plug 70000.8256 |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Getinge Australia Pty Ltd (NZ) Unit D, Ground Floor, Building A, Millenium Centre 600 Great South Rd Ellerslie Auckland 1051 |
| Contact Information: | 09 272 9039 |
| Manufacturer: | Maquet Cardio Pulmonary GmbH |
| Issue: | The vent plug of the Arterial Cannula consists of sintered polyethylene, therefore the structure of the vent plug is porous and gas-permeable. After the de-airing process is completed the customer has to separate the vent plug from the cannula to connect the extracorporeal circuit. In some cases it has come to the manufacturers attention that the vent plug has broken during the separation from the Arterial Cannula. |
| Recall action type: | Recall |
| Recall action: | Product to be returned to supplier |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 7/5/2018 |
