Date Initiated by Firm | March 02, 2004 |
Date Posted | July 20, 2004 |
Recall Status1 |
Terminated 3 on July 07, 2012 |
Recall Number | Z-0952-04 |
Recall Event ID |
29023 |
Product Classification |
Needle, Aspiration And Injection, Disposable - Product Code GAA
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Product | BioPince Full Core Biopsy Instrument packed in aTyvek/plastic blister pack which is labeled as previously stated and also in a cardboard shelf carton labeled as MDTECH Gainesville, Florida 32608 BioPince FULL CORE BIOPSY INSTRUMENT ga. cm REF: Lot |
Code Information |
PART NUMBER LOT NUMBER 360-1080-01 24821 360-1080-01 30531 360-1080-01 30811 360-1080-01 30923 360-1080-02 24821 360-1080-01 31251 360-1080-01 32211 360-1080-01 32842 360-1080-01 32851-1 360-1080-01 32851-2 360-1080-01 33451 360-1080-01 33452 360-1080-01 33832 360-1080-01 34031 360-1080-01 34331 360-1080-01 34512 360-1080-01 34721 360-1580-01 30633 360-1580-01 31042 360-1580-01 32032 360-1580-01 32341 360-1580-01 32852 360-1580-01 33433 360-1580-01 33434 360-1580-01 34232 360-1580-01 34931 360-1580-01 32852-2 360-2080-01 30751 360-2080-01 30811 360-2080-01 31531 360-2080-01 33331 360-2080-01 33332 360-2080-01 34221 360-2080-01 34322 360-2080-01 34734 360-2080-01 34941 363-1080-01 32431 364-1080-01 34549 364-1580-01 34432 370-1080-01 33932 370-1080-01 35032 370-1580-01 34447 370-1580-01 35021 |
Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer |
Medical Device Technologies, Inc. 3600 SW 47th Ave Gainesville FL 32608-7555
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For Additional Information Contact | Karl Swartz 352-338-0440 Ext. 350 |
Manufacturer Reason for Recall | The outer plastic blister packagiing material may be cracked thereby compromising the device's sterility barrier. |
FDA Determined Cause 2 | Other |
Action | The firm mailed a recall letter to accounts on 3/2/2004 asking each account to inspect their in stock product for damage and to to notify the recalling firm and return product. Also the firm enclosed a response card in a self addressed postage paid envelope. |
Quantity in Commerce | 10,303 |
Distribution | The devices were distributed to 586 domestic medical facilites nationwide and to 13 international accounts. |
Total Product Life Cycle | TPLC Device Report |
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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.
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