Customers complained that the monitors’ pressure readings were abnormal, according to Integra LifeSciences Holdings (NASDAQ:IART), so the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory bodies outside of the United States started a voluntary global removal of all CereLink intracranial pressure monitors. This was in response to consumer complaints regarding monitors whose pressure readings were abnormal. The removal of the devices began on August 18, 2022.
The company lowers its sales and profit projection for the third quarter as well as the entire year as a result of the voluntary action.
The company theorizes that electrical interference from the surrounding environment and/or interference from a component on the monitor’s circuit board was to blame for the out-of-range results.
According to the business, only a small number of sites have experienced these out-of-range readings. This has made the decision to take all CereLink monitors out of service.
Instead of the previous forecast of $383 to $391 million, the business now anticipates third-quarter revenue to be between $374 and $382 million ($387.79 consensus). From the earlier projection of $78 to $0.82, Q3 profit is expected to be between $0.69 and $0.73. (Consensus: $0.80)
The company projects total sales for the entire year to be in the range of $1.548 billion and $1.566 billion, compared to the average forecast of $1.57 billion.
The profit outlook for the entire year is between $3.12 and $3.20, ranging from $3.21 to $3.29, versus the consensus estimate of $3.24.
The stock of (IART) is down 4.3%.
Still, the firm has revised its third quarter and full year 2022 forecast in light of its estimate for a returns provision of around $9 million in the third quarter of 2022.
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