Spiegelberg Gmbh & Co. KG Tempowerkring 4 Hamburg Germany Spiegelberg Brain Pressure Monitoring System Probe 3PN, REF: SNDI3.1.531FV534P and Probe 3PS, REF: SNDI3.1.63/FV535P Product Usage: lntracranial pressure measuring probes are used to measure intracranial pressure (intracranial pressure, ICP), so the pressure in the head. Recall

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According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Reason for Recall

As stated by FDA

In the vast majority of products specified, a shrinkage of the air chamber during sterilization has occurred. Because of these false high readings were displayed in the lower measuring range from 0 to 20 mmHg. The observed measurement error was particularly at the lowest end of the range (to 0 mmHg) up to 8 mmHg.

Recommended Action

Per FDA guidance

Spiegelberg Gmbh & Co. KG sent an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter dated December 29, 2009, to all affected customers. Customers were instructed to quarantine and return stored products. Furthermore, they were asked to inform all their customers which have received the affected products and recall the products accordingly. Furthermore, they were asked to tell us about the actions taken by them.