Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Elements Obturation Unit

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 Ormco/Sybronendo.

¿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
    78861
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0413-2018
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2017-12-27
  • Estado del evento
    Open, Classified
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=160754
  • 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
    Plugger, root canal, endodontic - Product Code EKR
  • Causa
    Buchanan heat pluggers will possibly overheat while used with the elements obturation unit (eou).
  • Acción
    Sybron Endo sent an Urgent: Medical Device Recall letter dated December 27, 2017. Customers were informed that Sybron Endo was still evaluating the root cause and would provide additional instructions once the root cause is determined. Distributors were asked to cease distributing any Elements Obturation Units (EOU), confirm if any are in inventory, return any affected devices, provide the notification to customers if further distributed, return any affected devices received from customers, and complete and return the acknowledgement form. Customers were instructed to examine current inventory for affected product, check the heat plugger to see if the NiTi icon appears and/or the tip turns glowing red, if it does do not use the heat plugger and return it to Sybron Endo, and complete and return the acknowledgement form. For further questions, please call the Customer Care department at (800) 537-7123.

Device

Device Recall Elements Obturation Unit
  • Modelo / Serial
    Part Number for Elements Obturation Unit (EOU): 973-0322; and Part Numbers for the Buchanan Heat Pluggers: 952-0004, 952-0003, 952-0005, 952-0006, 952-0007, 952-0031, 973-0219 (hot pulp test tip). All serial numbers of the EOU and respective Buchanan Heat Pluggers are included in the recall.
  • Clasificación del producto
    Dental Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    1
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    USA (nationwide) distributed to AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY. Distributed internationally to Armenia, Australia, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam.
  • Descripción del producto
    Elements Obturation Unit (EOU) used with respective Buchanan Heat Pluggers || Device is an endodontic root canal plugger. It is intended to be used in Dentistry to provide continuous heat at the tip of a dental instrument to test tooth response to thermal stimulus, for tissue cauterization and coagulation, to backfill and downpack gutta percha during Endodontic root canal treatment, and when in Extruder mode it is used only to backfill gutta percha during root canal obturation.
  • Manufacturer
    Ormco/Sybronendo

Manufacturer

Ormco/Sybronendo
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Ormco/Sybronendo, 1332 S Lone Hill Ave, Glendora CA 91740-5339
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
    Danaher Corporation
  • Source
    USFDA