The U.S. FDA reported July 11 a class I recall for patient return electrodes used during electrosurgical procedures that may burn the patient with sufficient severity to induce a third-degree burn. More than 21,000 of the electrodes, made by Raritan, N.J.-based Ethicon Inc.’s Megadyne division, are subject to the recall, although the agency said the manufacturer is still conducting a root cause analysis of the issue.