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Cordis EMPIRA RX PTCA Dilatation Catheter Catalog # 85R30300S For cardiovascular use.

FDA device recall Z-1784-2014 · posted 2014-06-11 · Terminated

Recall details

Recalling firm
Cordis Corporation
Reason for recall
Dilatation catheters could exhibit radial versus axial tears should they burst during inflation.
Action taken
An Urgent Medical Device Recall letter and Acknowledgement form was sent overnight to mulitple contacts in each account February 7, 2013. A representative will follow-up as necassary to facility obtaining signature, faxing the acknowledgment form to Cordis, collecting and returning units.
Root cause
Process design
Status
Terminated
Product code
LOX
Quantity affected
80 units
Distribution
Worldwide distribution: US states: AZ, FL, IL, LA, MA, NJ, OR, SC, and TX. Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Iran, Israel, India, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lu
Date initiated
2013-02-05
Date posted
2014-06-11
Date terminated
2014-06-23
Location
Miami Lakes, FL

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