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title: "Ethicon Megadyne: Mega Soft Pediatric Patient Return Electrode — FDA announcement May 10, 2024 | Is It on Recall"
description: "Reports of patient burn injuries"
url: https://isitonrecall.com/recall/fdapress-f70f163eafa15607-ethicon-megadyne-mega-soft-pediatric-patient-return-electrode/
updated: 2026-10-01
site: "Is It on Recall"
language: en
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# Ethicon Megadyne: Mega Soft Pediatric Patient Return Electrode — FDA announcement May 10, 2024

Published notice; closure not supplied

A company announcement posted by FDA. The listing date can differ from the original announcement date. The absence of a termination marker does not prove the recall is currently ongoing.

Source date May 10, 2024. Retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Last updated Oct 1, 2026.

Archive changed Oct 1, 2026. USDA FSIS records are unavailable; [check FSIS directly](https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls). [Source coverage and dates](https://isitonrecall.com/sources/).

## What the record says

- **Product**: Mega Soft Pediatric Patient Return Electrode
- **Reason**: Reports of patient burn injuries
- **Classification**: Not supplied
- **Recalling firm**: Megadyne Medical Products Inc.
- **Quantity**: Not supplied
- **Agency-reported status**: Company recall announcement
- **Source record identifier**: f70f163eafa15607

[Open the official record](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/megadynetm-initiates-global-discontinuation-and-voluntary-recall-mega-softtm-pediatric-patient)

## Lot and product identifiers

| Label field | Details supplied by the agency |
| --- | --- |
| Lot, code or applicability | Product Name \| Product Code \| UDI-DI; MEGADYNE™ MEGA SOFT™ Pediatric Patient Return Electrode \| 0840 \| 10614559103395 |

Match all identifying details in the current notice. A brand name alone is not enough.

## Product tables from the announcement

These identifying details come from the company announcement posted by FDA. Check the current notice for revisions.

**FDA company announcement, table 1**

| Product Name | Product Code | UDI-DI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MEGADYNE™ MEGA SOFT™ Pediatric Patient Return Electrode | 0840 | 10614559103395 |

Announcement retrieved Oct 1, 2026. [Official announcement](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/megadynetm-initiates-global-discontinuation-and-voluntary-recall-mega-softtm-pediatric-patient).

## Distribution

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No US distribution state could be established from this record. Check the official notice.

## Dates in the source

- **Fda listing date**: May 10, 2024
- **Company announcement date**: May 10, 2024

FDA company pages use the listing date; enforcement records use initiation dates; CPSC uses recall date; NHTSA uses report-received date. These dates are not interchangeable.

## What to do next

Customers who have MEGADYNE™ MEGA SOFT™ Pediatric Patient Return Electrodes should stop using them and return them. The recall includes the following product code, which can be identified by name Pediatric Return Electrode Pad shown on the pad.

[Read the current instructions](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/megadynetm-initiates-global-discontinuation-and-voluntary-recall-mega-softtm-pediatric-patient)

## Related records

[Medical devices records](https://isitonrecall.com/category/medical-devices/) [Megadyne Medical Products, Inc. records](https://isitonrecall.com/brand/megadyne-medical-products-inc/)