Reported May 6, 2015 · Terminated

Caviwave Pro Ultrasonic Cleaning System, Product Usage: To wash (remove tissue, blood and other contaminants) or dry…

Steris Corporation

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Steris Corporation · 5960 Heisley Rd · Mentor, OH · 44060-1834

Is this the product you have?

  • Caviwave Pro Ultrasonic Cleaning System
  • Product UsageTo wash (remove tissue, blood and other contaminants) or dry laparoscopic and general surgical instruments prior to final disinfection and sterilization as required
Lot codes and dates
  • All units distributed between 12/20/2010 and 02/18/2015
Amount recalled
491 units

This recall covers 2 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other one is below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Should the Caviwave Pro Ultrasonic Cleaning System experience a temporary interruption in electrical power during a processing cycle, the circulation pump may stop functioning. In addition, it is possible that the ultrasonic generator may stop working. The machine does not provide an alert notifying the user of this device malfunction.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Oct 21, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:50 PM UTC

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