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Class 3 Device Recall Platinum Plus

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 Class 3 Device Recall Platinum Plussee related information
Date Initiated by FirmAugust 25, 2008
Date PostedOctober 02, 2008
Recall Status1 Terminated 3 on December 10, 2011
Recall NumberZ-0031-2009
Recall Event ID 49462
510(K)NumberK935997 K945379 
Product Classification Guidewire - Product Code DQX
ProductPlatinum Plus" LT , REF 46-602, UPN M001466020, LT/0.018/260, Sterilized with ethylene oxide gas, Rx only, Legal Manufacturer Boston Scientific Corporation, One Boston scientific Place, Natick, MA 01760-1537, Made in USA: 8600 NW 41st Street, Miami, FL 33166-6202. The Platinum Plus" Guidewire facilitates placement of a catheter during diagnostic or interventional intravascular procedures. The wire can be torqued to facilitate navigation through tortuous arteries and/or avoid unwanted side branches.
Code Information Lot # 11574628
FEI Number 3002095335
Recalling Firm/
Manufacturer		 Boston Scientific Corporation
1 Scimed Pl
Maple Grove MN 55311-1565
For Additional Information Contact
763-494-1700
Manufacturer Reason
for Recall		Boston Scientific is initiating a voluntary recall of the Platinum Plus" Guidewire (peripheral). BSC has received reports that product may be labeled as a 260 CM long guidewire when the actual packaged device is a 180 CM long guidewire and the product may be labeled as a 180 CM long guidewire when the actual packaged device is a 260 CM long guidewire. There is no expected potential for injury to
FDA Determined
Cause 2		Labeling mix-ups
ActionA "Boston Scientific Urgent Voluntary Medical Device Recall or Correction - Immediate Action Required" letter dated 8/25/08 was sent to each affected account (To The Hospital Field Action Contact). The letter includes the customer steps for recall, a complete listing of all product batches/lots being recalled, the Reply Verification Tracking Form(s), and a return shipping label. Contact Boston Scientific Corporation at 1-763-494-1700 for assistance.
Quantity in Commerce35
DistributionUSA: CA FL GA IL IN LA MN MO NJ NV NY OH PA TN TX UT WA WI and WV OUS: France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and the Netherlands.
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 = DQX
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