FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

The Hulka Clip is a sterile packaged medical device that carries a two year expiration date. It is packaged two clips per procedural tray. Theses procedural trays are then sealed in a Tyvek/Mylar pouch and packaged in a cardboard shipping carton with ten pouches in each shipping carton.

Recall: Z-0037-2015 · Reported October 15, 2014

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-0037-2015
Event ID
68777
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp.
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
October 15, 2014
Initiation Date
July 9, 2014
Classification Date
October 7, 2014
Termination Date
April 24, 2017
Address
353 Corporate Woods Pkwy, Vernon Hills, IL, 60061-3110, United States

Description

The Hulka Clip is a sterile packaged medical device that carries a two year expiration date. It is packaged two clips per procedural tray. Theses procedural trays are then sealed in a Tyvek/Mylar pouch and packaged in a cardboard shipping carton with ten pouches in each shipping carton.

Reason

Richard Wolf Medical Instrument Corporation is recalling Hulka Clip Tubal Occluding Device lot 51000232. The devices are being recalled as a part of an investigation into a biocompatibility test discrepancy where the recalled lot (lot 51000232) passed final release testing, but the subsequent lot failed biocompatibility testing on a component that was also used to manufacture lot 51000232.

Code Info

Product Code: 4986.09; Lot: 51000232

Distribution

Worldwide distribution: US (Nationwide) including states of: (AK, AL, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IN, KY, LA, MI, MO, MS, NC, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV; and country of: Germany.

Quantity

73 cartons (1,460 clips)