Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall FlowGate Balloon Guide Catheter;

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 Concentric Medical 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
    63938
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0655-2013
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2012-12-20
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2013-01-08
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2013-02-05
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=115074
  • 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
    Catheter, percutaneous - Product Code DQY
  • Causa
    Firm received complaints of resistance and possible collapse of the distal tip of the flowgate balloon guide catheters during use for aspiration.
  • Acción
    Concentric Medical sent a Urgent Medical Device Recall Notification letter dated December 19, 2012, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product the problme and the action needed to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to follow these instructions. 1. Immediately locate the subject devices and quarantine them. 2. Distribute this notice to all affected Departments in your facility. 3. Inform Concentric Medical (Stryker Neurovascular) if any of the subject devices have been distributed to other organizations. a. Please provide contact details so that Concentric Medical (Stryker Neurovascular) can inform those recipients appropriately. 4. Complete and sign the attached Customer Response Form and: Fax it to: 650-237-5230 Please complete this form even if you do not have any subject devices to return to prevent the need of follow up notices. 5. Keep a copy of the completed, signed Customer Response Form for your records. Upon receipt of the returned customer response form, a Stryker Representative will contact you to arrange for credit of returned devices. On behalf of Stryker Neurovascular, we sincerely thank you for your help and support and regret any inconvenience and appreciate your assistance in completing this recall. Should you have any questions concerning this matter please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.

Device

Device Recall FlowGate Balloon Guide Catheter;
  • Modelo / Serial
    Catalog number 90253, lot # 36140; Catalog number 90254, lot numbers 36009, 36135.
  • Clasificación del producto
    Cardiovascular Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    US (nationwide) including the states of CA, FL, GA, OR and TN.
  • Descripción del producto
    FlowGate Balloon Guide Catheter; || Manufactured by Concentric Medical, Mountain View, CA. || FlowGate" Balloon Guide Catheters are coaxial-lumen, braid-reinforced, variable stiffness catheters with a radiopaque marker on the distal end and a bifurcated luer hub on the proximal end. A balloon is flush mounted on the distal end. FlowGate" Balloon Guide Catheters are indicated for use in facilitating the insertion and guidance of an intravascular catheter into a selected blood vessel in the peripheral and neurovascular systems. The balloon provides temporary vascular occlusion during these and other angiographic procedures. The Balloon Guide Catheter is also indicated for use as a conduit for Retrieval devices.
  • Manufacturer
    Concentric Medical Inc

Manufacturer

Concentric Medical Inc
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Concentric Medical Inc, 301 E Evelyn Ave, Mountain View CA 94041-1530
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
    Stryker
  • Source
    USFDA