Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Echelon Flex Powered Vascular Stapler With Advanced Placement Tip and White Reloads

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    71215
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1641-2015
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2015-02-26
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2015-05-21
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2015-11-17
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=136653
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Staple, implantable - Product Code GDW
  • Causa
    During an internal inspection of the production process the firm discovered an issue which may cause the cartridge to deploy an incomplete staple line.
  • Acción
    Ethicon sent an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter dated February 27, 2015 to their customers. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. Customers were instructed to examine your inventory immediately to determine if you have recalled product on hand, remove and quarantine the recalled product, communicate the issue to relevant operating room or materials management personnel or anyone else in your facility who needs to be informed, if any product included in this recall has been forwarded to another facility, contact that facility to arrange return, and complete the Business Reply Form (BRF) (Attachment B) confirming receipt of this notice within three (3) business days. The BRF may be sent to Stericycle by fax at 1-800-807-5967or by email at ees8760@stericycle.com. Please return the BRF even if you do not have affected product. For clinical or product support, please contact your local sales representative or call our Customer Support Center at 1-877-ETHICON (1-877-384-4266) (7:30 a.m.  6:30 p.m. EST). If you need additional shipping labels or a communications package, contact Stericycle at 1-877-643-8419 (8:00 a.m.  5:00 p.m. EST) and reference Event 8760.

Device

Device Recall Echelon Flex Powered Vascular Stapler With Advanced Placement Tip and White Reloads
  • Modelo / Serial
    M/N: VASECR35; Product Lot L4FF3W, Expiry Date 2017-11; Product Lot L4FF3X, Expiry Date 2017-11; Product Lot L4FF3Y, Expiry Date 2017-11; Product Lot M4H046, Expiry Date 2017-12; Product Lot M4H105, Expiry Date 2017-12; Product Lot M4H27D, Expiry Date 2017-12; Product Lot M4H30H, Expiry Date 2017-12; Product Lot M4H37J, Expiry Date 2017-12; Product Lot M4H399, Expiry Date 2017-12; Product Lot M4H589, Expiry Date 2018-01; Product Lot M4H54M, Expiry Date 2018-01; Product Lot M4H643, Expiry Date 2018-01 & Product Lot M4H691, Expiry Date 2018-01..
  • Clasificación del producto
    General and Plastic Surgery Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    Yes
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of: AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA & WI and the country of Hong Kong.
  • Descripción del producto
    ENDOPATH ECHELON" Vascular White Reload for Advanced Placement Tip, || Product Usage: || The instruments have application in multiple open or minimally invasive general, gynecologic, urologic, thoracic and pediatric surgical procedures.
  • Manufacturer
    Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc

Manufacturer

Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc, 4545 Creek Rd, Blue Ash OH 45242-2803
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
    Johnson & Johnson
  • Source
    USFDA