FDA Recall: Software Anomaly Could Result in Unintended Location of Planning Data

Company: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
Date of Enforcement Report: 11/09/2023
Class I

PRODUCT

StealthStation S8 Application version 2.0 and 2.0.1 (Part 9735762) The StealthStation System, with StealthStation Cranial software, is intended as an aid for locating anatomical structures in either open or percutaneous neurosurgical procedures. The StealthStation FlexENT System, with StealthStation ENT software, is intended as an aid for locating anatomical structures in either open or percutaneous ENT procedures.

Recall Number:

Z-0188-2024

REASON:

Due to a software anomaly which potentially could result in the surgical planning data shifting to an unintended location.

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER:

Medtronic Navigation, Inc.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE:

5,240 affected systems

DISTRIBUTION:

Worldwide Distribution: U.S. (nationwide): AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, Puerto Rico, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, and WY. O.U.S.(foreign) including countries of: ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CANADA, CANARY ISLANDS, CHILE, COLOMBIA, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EGYPT, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, FRENCH POLYNES, GERMANY, GREECE, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KENYA, KOREA, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PANAMA, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, REUNION, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SERBIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TURKEY, UKRAINE, and UNITED KINGDOM

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