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Data from the United Kingdom is current through April 2019. All of the data comes from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and the United Kingdom.

Concerns about the safe use of a headrests attachment to operating tables with connection fixture 1002.65A0 or 1002.65S0.The manufacturer issued a Field Safety Notice (FSN) for this device on 12 May 2011 (1709Kb) but has not had sufficient confirmation from users that they have received and acted on this information.This alert has been issued in support of the manufacturer’s actions.