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Class 2 Device Recall Galil Medical Warming Catheter

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 Class 2 Device Recall Galil Medical Warming Cathetersee related information
Date Initiated by FirmDecember 11, 2007
Date PostedSeptember 03, 2008
Recall Status1 Terminated 3 on September 02, 2008
Recall NumberZ-1698-2008
Recall Event ID 47888
510(K)NumberK012497 
Product Classification Urethral Warming Catheter - Product Code GEH
ProductUrethral Warming System-Galil Medical Warming Catheter. The product is contained within prostate kits. This product is used in cryosurgery to prevent freezing of tissue.
Code Information Catalog number ASMCH0340 sold within kits with the following part numbers: FPRPR4570, FPRPR4508, FPRPR3008, FPRPR4070, FPRPR353, and FPRPR4003.
Recalling Firm/
Manufacturer		 Galil Medical
401 Plymouth Rd Ste 130
Plymouth Meeting PA 19462-1651
Manufacturer Reason
for Recall		The warming catheter was manufactured with the inlet and outlet tubes switched.
FDA Determined
Cause 2		Process control
ActionThe recalling firm telephoned their customers in April 2008 to inform them of the problem and the need to return the product. There customers were also asked to contact the firm if they had actually used any of the kits with the serial numbers listed, even if they experienced no problem. As a follow up to the telephone call, a letter was issued to the customers. For assistance, please call 770-565-6166.
Quantity in Commerce541 catheters
DistributionWorldwide Distribution --- USA including states of PA, SC, FL, NY, TN, and WA, and country of Canada
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 = GEH
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