BEUDAMED
    FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

    Integra Large Rickham -Style Reservoir Rx Only Sterile for Single Use Only Integra NeuroSciences 311 Enterprise Drive Plainsboro, NJ 08536 USA Made in the USA NL 850-1132 Provides access to the lateral cerebral ventricles via hypodermic puncture. It is useful in obtaining CSF (cerebral spinal fluid_ samples for cytological and chemical studies, for monitoring ventricular fluid pressure and for ventricular drainage. The reservoir provides easy access to the lateral ventricles and to cystic tumors for the injections of chemotherapeutic agents and/or radio-isotopes. The rickham reservoir may be utilized in hydrocephalic patients as a component in systems designed to shunt CSF from the lateral ventricles into either the right atrium of the heart of the peritoneum.

    Recall: Z-0622-2014 · Reported January 15, 2014

    Enforcement

    Recall Number
    Z-0622-2014
    Event ID
    67025
    Classification
    Class II
    Status
    Terminated
    Product Type
    Devices
    Firm
    Integra LifeSciences Corp.
    Voluntary / Mandated
    Voluntary: Firm initiated
    Initial Notification
    Letter
    Report Date
    January 15, 2014
    Initiation Date
    November 13, 2013
    Classification Date
    January 3, 2014
    Termination Date
    February 13, 2015
    Address
    311 Enterprise Dr, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536-3344, United States

    Description

    Integra Large Rickham -Style Reservoir Rx Only Sterile for Single Use Only Integra NeuroSciences 311 Enterprise Drive Plainsboro, NJ 08536 USA Made in the USA NL 850-1132 Provides access to the lateral cerebral ventricles via hypodermic puncture. It is useful in obtaining CSF (cerebral spinal fluid_ samples for cytological and chemical studies, for monitoring ventricular fluid pressure and for ventricular drainage. The reservoir provides easy access to the lateral ventricles and to cystic tumors for the injections of chemotherapeutic agents and/or radio-isotopes. The rickham reservoir may be utilized in hydrocephalic patients as a component in systems designed to shunt CSF from the lateral ventricles into either the right atrium of the heart of the peritoneum.

    Reason

    Integra became aware through an adverse complaint trend that Rickham Style Reservoirs with bent or broken connectors that were shipped in sleeve-type packages were found prior to use but after the sterile package was open.

    Code Info

    1094085, 1101479, 1101647, 1102403, 1102807, 1104174, 1110043, 1120817, 1130797, 1131331, 1131660

    Distribution

    Worldwide Distribution - USA including FL, NE, WI, WA, CT, ND, AL, NY, NH, OR, OK, MN, and TX. Internationally to Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Great Britian, Italy, Poland, and Portugal.

    Quantity

    78 packages