ViperWire Advance Peripheral Guide Wire with Flex Tip — Class II medical device recall Z-1771-2017
Terminated recall by Cardiovascular Systems Inc, reported 2017-04-19, distributed nationwide. Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. is recalling one lot of ViperWire Advance with Flextip, model VPR-GW-FT18 because
| Recall number | Z-1771-2017 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Cardiovascular Systems Inc, Saint Paul, MN, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2017-03-03 |
| Classified | 2017-04-10 |
| Reported by FDA | 2017-04-19 |
| Terminated | 2017-11-28 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Quantity | 186 devices |
| Lot numbers | 156032 |
| Model numbers | VPR-GW-FT18 |
Product
ViperWire Advance Peripheral Guide Wire with Flex Tip, Model No. VPR-GW-FT18. Sterilized with Ethylene Oxide. The guide wire is a smooth, stainless steel wire, with a silicone coating, and a radiopaque distal spring tip. The guide wire allows for proper positioning of the device crown within peripheral arteries and provides a center of rotation for the device drive shaft. The guide wire torquer is a small, plastic accessory, packaged with the guide wire, and provides a gripping surface for manipulating the guide wire, if desired.
Reason for recall
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. is recalling one lot of ViperWire Advance with Flextip, model VPR-GW-FT18 because it may contain a 0.014" ViperWire Advance Flextip product instead of the 0.018" ViperWire Advance with Flextip.
Machine access
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