Z-2037-2009

Empty D aluminum oxygen cylinders packaged in shipping containers labeled as: Product #65261-E, Desc D...

Name: Z-2037-2009 Empty D aluminum oxygen cylinders packaged in shipping containers labeled as: Product #65261-E, Desc D...
Creator: Allied Healthcare Products Inc
Published: 2009-05-15
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Allied Medical LLC / initiated 2009-05-15 / Terminated / root cause: manufacturing process

FDA source

Allied Healthcare Products Inc began a recall of Empty D aluminum oxygen cylinders packaged in shipping containers labeled as: Product #65261-E, Desc D PORTABLE W STRAIGHT POS, Catalog #65261-E. The brand and... on 2009-05-15. The reason FDA records is "Medical valves do not meet quality specifications which may cause the valve to fail and result in uncontrolled release of oxygen when the valve is in the open position". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as manufacturing process.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-2037-2009
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2009-05-15
Posted: 2009-09-10
Terminated: 2012-04-23
Recalling firm: Allied Medical LLC
Product: Empty D aluminum oxygen cylinders packaged in shipping containers labeled as: Product #65261-E, Desc D PORTABLE W STRAIGHT POS, Catalog #65261-E. The brand and firm name on the label affixed to the cylinder is Chemetron, Allied Healthcare Products Inc., St. Louis, MO.
Product code: ECX Cylinder, Compressed Gas, And Valve
Reason for recall: Medical valves do not meet quality specifications which may cause the valve to fail and result in uncontrolled release of oxygen when the valve is in the open position.
Root cause tag: manufacturing process
FDA root cause: Nonconforming Material/Component
Action: The recalling firm first notified their customers via a letter dated 5/15/09 issued regular mail explaining the reason for recall and requesting the cylinders with specific post valves be returned. A second letter dated 6/1/09 was issued via regular mail which provided specific shipping dates that each customer received the suspect product. Neither of these two letters requested subrecall. A third letter dated 6/17/09, which included copies of the first two letters, via certified mail. This letter informed the customer the recall was to be conducted to the user level and requested their customer conduct a subrecall. Requested to remove the cylinder from service and call Allied Healthcare Products for return and a replacement at 1-800-268-1661.
Quantity in commerce: 3 cylinders
Distribution: Class II Recall Worldwide Distribution including states of NY, NC, KY, PA, WI, NH, NJ, CA, CT, FL and Singapore.
Product codes and lots: InterMed 08-05-3B and InterMed 09-01-1B located on the post valve.

Product code ECX

The FDA recall record names no cleared device, and no clearance has been matched to it.

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Sourced from the FDA device recall database and the FDA enforcement reports, both ingested from openFDA. The recall record supplies the product, the reason and the product code; the enforcement report supplies the classification. The two datasets are exported by FDA on different days, and the date above is the older of the two, so nothing on this page is newer than it says.

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Data as of 2026-09-30, the FDA export date for this dataset. Page last changed 2026-09-05. View this recall on fda.gov (opens on fda.gov)