US FDA Slaps Another Class I Recall On Medtronic

The company’s Covidien catheters subject of latest recall

29 Jul 2022

The US FDA has identified a recall of Covidien catheters due to a hub defect as class I. The agency’s most serious designation is yet another for the company, which has recently recalled several devices.

The Food and Drug Administration has hit Medtronic with yet another class I recall, this time for more than 1 million catheters under its Covidien subsidiary.

The company recalled nine dialysis catheters due to a hub defect, according to the FDA’s recall notice. The reason...