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Class 2 Device Recall VirtoSaph Plus Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting System

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 Class 2 Device Recall VirtoSaph Plus Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting Systemsee related information
Date Initiated by FirmJune 10, 2011
Date PostedJuly 21, 2011
Recall Status1 Terminated 3 on July 27, 2011
Recall NumberZ-2854-2011
Recall Event ID 59189
510(K)NumberK092789 
Product Classification General and plastic surgery laparascope - Product Code GCJ
ProductVirtuoSaph Plus Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting System , REF VSP550, Sterile, Terumo Cardiovascular System Indicated for use in minimally invasive surgery allowing access for vessel harvesting, and is primarily indicated for patients undergoing endoscopic surgery for arterial bypass. It is indicated for cutting tissue and controlling bleeding through coagulation, and for patients requiring blunt dissection of tissue including dissection of blood vessels and dissection of blood vessels of the extremities. Extremity procedures include tissue dissection and/or vessel harvesting along the saphenous vein for coronary artery bypass grafting and peripheral artery bypass grafting.
Code Information Catalog #: VSP550 Lots: 0XK, 0YK, 09K.
Recalling Firm/
Manufacturer		 Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
6200 Jackson Road
Ann Arbor MI 48103-9586
For Additional Information Contact
734-741-6173
Manufacturer Reason
for Recall		Terumo Cardiovascular Systems received four (4) complaints from a single customer about tunnel breathing/inadequate insufflation with the VirtuoSaph Plus Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting System during cases in a limited production launch situation. Teumo's investigation identified issues with the devices's capability to maintain pressure within the tunnel.
FDA Determined
Cause 2		Device Design
ActionTerumo Cardiovascular Systems contacted the one customer to this device on June 10, 2010 by telephone. There was one consignee. The firm contacted this one consignee by phone on 6/10/2010. There were 2 contacts at this one consignee. The recalling firm contacted both of the contacts on 6/10/2010. The consignee was asked to dispose of remaking inventory of devices. The consignee said had disposed of the product. For information on this recall call (734) 741-6173
Quantity in Commerce35 units
DistributionNationwide (USA) Distribution including the state of New York.
Total Product Life CycleTPLC Device Report
1 A record in this database is created when a firm initiates a correction or removal action. The record is updated if the FDA identifies a violation and classifies the action as a recall, and it is updated for a final time when the recall is terminated. Learn more about medical device recalls.
2 Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall.
3 For details about termination of a recall see Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 §7.55.
510(K) Database510(K)s with Product Code = GCJ
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