Alligator Retrieval Device — Class I medical device recall Z-1454-2014
Terminated recall by Micro Therapeutics Inc, Dba Ev3 Neurovascular, reported 2014-04-23, distributed nationwide. Potential for the PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) coating to delaminate and detach from the delivery wire.
| Recall number | Z-1454-2014 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class I |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Micro Therapeutics Inc, Dba Ev3 Neurovascular, Irvine, CA, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2014-04-01 |
| Classified | 2014-04-16 |
| Reported by FDA | 2014-04-23 |
| Terminated | 2014-10-31 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Countries outside the US | AE, AR, AT, AU, BE, CA, CH, CO, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, HU, IT, MX, NL, NO, PL, PT, RU, SI, SK, TR |
| Reason classes | device malfunction |
| Lot numbers | 9751662, 9752800, 9754682, 9757667, 9758530, 9758532, 9760946, 9761690, 9761692, 9764206, 9764212, 9766949, 9769117, 9769118, 9772283, 9773525, 9774620, 9783730, 9786013, 9787928, 9791385, 9793305, 9798648, 9801041, 9811215, 9813908, 9816048, 9832735, 9834039, 9836553, 9848543, 9848544, 9853152, 9854769, 9858153, 9865759, 9868025, FA8881020, FA8881030, FA8881040 and 1 more |
Product
Alligator Retrieval Device (ARD). Used in the peripheral and neurovasculature for foreign body removal.
Reason for recall
Potential for the PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) coating to delaminate and detach from the delivery wire.
Machine access
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