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Class 2 Device Recall superDimension Bronchus System

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  Class 2 Device Recall superDimension Bronchus System see related information
Date Initiated by Firm November 29, 2006
Date Posted March 29, 2007
Recall Status1 Terminated 3 on November 20, 2008
Recall Number Z-0666-2007
Recall Event ID 36947
510(K)Number K042438  K052260  K052852  K062315  
Product Classification endoscopic loacalization system - Product Code JAK
Product superDimension Bronchus System (AAS00016-01), an image-guided localization system used to guide endoscopic tools to predetermined targets within the pulmonary tract.
Code Information superDimension Bronchus System with the following serial numbers: S0030019, S030051, S030052, S030054, S030055, S030058 thru S030062, S030067, S030068, S030077 thru S030081; S030084, S030085, S030088 thru S030095; S030097 thru S030100, S030103, S030104, S030105, S030390, S030447, S030449, S0030009, S0030011, S0030013, S0030014, S0030015, S0030021, S0030022, S0030026, S0030042, S030043 thru S030050, S030053, S030056, S030057, S030063, S030064, S030066, S030069 thru S030076, S030082, S030086, S030087, S030096, S030102, S030477.
Recalling Firm/
Manufacturer		 SuperDimension, Inc.
161 Cheshire Lane North, Suite 100
Minneapolis MN 55441
Manufacturer Reason
for Recall		 The action is being taken in response to certain incidents that have been reported to the company, one of which concerned an adverse event in which a patient incurred a pneumothorax during a procedure in which a superDimension Bronchus System was used. The biopsy results for the patient were taken from a different area than the confirmed navigation site that was indicated by the system.
FDA Determined
Cause 2		 Other
Action An Urgent Medical Device Field Action letter, dated 11/30/2006, was sent to medical facilities who have the superDimension Bronchus System installed. The letter infoms the facility to immediately stop using the Bronchus System, and move all inventory of the disposable system components to a controlled quarantine area. A superDimension representative will contact the consignees to schedule a time to retrieve the quarantined inventory, at which time a verification form will be completed.
Quantity in Commerce 74 Bronchus Systems (37 US, 37 OUS)
Distribution Worldwide, including USA, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and United Kingdom.
Total Product Life Cycle TPLC 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) Database 510(K)s with Product Code = JAK and Original Applicant = SUPERDIMENSION, LTD.
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