Class 2 Device Recall Welch Allyn

• Date Initiated by Firm: March 21, 2025
• Date Posted: April 15, 2025
• Recall Status: Open, Classified
• Recall Number: Z-1565-2025
• Recall Event ID: 96364
• 510(K)Number: K142356
• Product Classification: Monitor, physiological, patient (without arrhythmia detection or alarms) - Product Code MWI
• Product: Welch Allyn Spot Vital Signs 4400 Device, Product Code/Part Numbers: 1) 44WT-2; 2) 44WT-3; 3) 44WT-4; 4) 44WT-6; 5) 44WT-B; 6) 44XT-2; 7) 44XT-4; 8) 44XT-6; 9) 44XT-B.
• Code Information: 1) Product Code/Part # 44WT-2, UDI/DI 00732094309461; 2) Product Code/Part # 44WT-3, UDI/DI 00732094309454; 3) Product Code/Part # 44WT-4, UDI/DI 00732094309447; 4) Product Code/Part # 44WT-6, UDI/DI 00732094309423; 5) Product Code/Part # 44WT-B, UDI/DI 00732094309409; 6) Product Code/Part # 44XT-2, UDI/DI 00732094309386; 7) Product Code/Part # 44XT-4, UDI/DI 00732094309362; 8) Product Code/Part # 44XT-6, UDI/DI 00732094309348; 9) Product Code/Part # 44XT-B, UDI/DI 00732094309324; Lot Number 24-314 & lower
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Baxter Healthcare Corporation; 1 Baxter Pkwy; Deerfield IL 60015-4625
• For Additional Information Contact: Center for One Baxter; 800-422-9837
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: Undeclared natural rubber band within the packaging of certain configurations of reusable blood pressure cuffs.
• FDA Determined Cause: Device Design
• Action: Baxter issued an Urgent Medical Device Recall notice to its consignees on 03/21/2025 via USPS First Class Mail. The notice explained the issue, hazard involved, and requested the following: Actions to be Taken by Customers 1. Immediately locate the impacted products (see Attachment A for details) at your facility that are unopened. 2. If you received this communication directly from Baxter, acknowledge receipt by following the instructions on the enclosed Reply Form Instruction Sheet, even if you have no remaining inventory. 3. If you purchased this product from a distributor or wholesaler, please contact your supplier to arrange for the return and exchange of the affected product. Please note that responding on the Baxter customer portal is not applicable. If a response is requested by your distributor or wholesaler, please respond to them according to their instructions. 4. Please forward a copy of this communication to the Director of Nursing, and any other departments within your institution who unpack the affected product. 5. If you are a dealer, wholesaler, distributor/reseller, or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and you have an affected product please do not distribute. Contact Baxter Technical Support for additional instructions. 6. If you are a dealer, wholesaler, distributor/reseller, or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that distributed any affected product to other facilities, please conduct a consumer-level recall of the affected product that you distributed to customers and check the associated box on the customer portal. For general questions regarding this communication, please contact Baxter Technical Support between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday at 800-535-6663. Press option 2, then select option 1 or 2 for language preference, then press option 2.
• Quantity in Commerce: 34187 units
• Distribution: Worldwide distribution.
• Total Product Life Cycle: TPLC Device Report

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² Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall.
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• 510(K) Database: 510(K)s with Product Code = MWI