National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Mega Soft Patient Return Electrode for use during monopolar electrosurgery

The Mega Soft Patient Return Electrode (Megadyne Medical Products) is a reusable dispersive capacitive electrode designed for use during monopolar electrosurgery. The electrode, which is incorporated ...
USA Today

Megadyne Reiterates Intended Use Population Change for Megadyne Mega Soft Universal and Universal Plus Patient Return Electrodes

Megadyne issued a Class 1 Medical Device Correction to hospitals to limit the use of MEGA SOFT Universal and Universal Plus Reusable Patient Return Electrodes to patients aged 12 years or older after ...
AOL

Johnson & Johnson's Subsidiary Discontinues Some Megadyne Electrodes For Pediatric Use

Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) medical device subsidiary is pulling its Megadyne Mega Soft Pediatric Patient Return Electrodes following reports of patient burns. Ethicon’s Megadyne division recalled ...
MD&M East

J&J's Ethicon Faces Mega Electrode Recall

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include comments from Johnson & Johnson regarding this notification. J&J emphasizes that this is not a product removal. However, FDA has classified it as ...
WFTV

MEGADYNE™ Initiates Global Discontinuation and Voluntary Recall of MEGA SOFT™ Pediatric Patient Return Electrode

MEGADYNE™ is initiating a voluntary recall of all MEGADYNE™ MEGA SOFT™ Pediatric Patient Return Electrodes. The product is being removed because Megadyne has received reports of patient burn injuries ...