Recalls for Pump, Blood, Extra-luminal

On 07/09/2012, Apheresis Technologies, Inc. initiated a recall on the Plasma Pump Model PP-04a due to a complaint received regarding a rotor of the PP-04a pump that stopped during a therapeutic plasma exchange treatment causing interruption of flow of both the plasma discard line and replacement fruit line.

Apheresis Technologies, Inc., Palm Harbor, FL, initiated a voluntarily withdrawal on November 29, 2010 of their five (5) units of the Plasma Pro Plasma Pump and later classified as a recall (removal) rather than a withdrawal, Model # PP-05, Serial Numbers: E08003041, E08003042, E08003043, E08003044 and E08003045.

Apheresis Technologies, Inc. is taking the following Corrective Action: Modification of the Owners Manual Only for the PlasmaPro Plasma Pump Model PP-05. Operator's Manual will modify tubeset loading instructions so as to reduce possible loading error which might result in the tube being pulled into the pump head.