FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

INSTAT - Agent, Absorbable Hemostatic, Collagen Based INSTAT MCH is recommended for use in surgical procedures (other than Urological and Ophthalmological surgery) as an adjunct to hemostatis when control of bleeding by ligature or conventional procedures is ineffective or impractical.

Recall: Z-1288-2013 · Reported May 22, 2013

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-1288-2013
Event ID
64778
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Integra LifeSciences Corporation
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
May 22, 2013
Initiation Date
March 28, 2013
Classification Date
May 10, 2013
Termination Date
June 3, 2015
Address
105 Morgan Ln, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536-3339, United States

Description

INSTAT - Agent, Absorbable Hemostatic, Collagen Based INSTAT MCH is recommended for use in surgical procedures (other than Urological and Ophthalmological surgery) as an adjunct to hemostatis when control of bleeding by ligature or conventional procedures is ineffective or impractical.

Reason

Due to the process deviation, product lots in question may have been released with higher levels of pyrogens than permitted by the specifications for the products.

Code Info

1105177, 1105178 1110143, 1110227 1110228, 1110229 1110230, 1110233 1110786, 1110787 1111356, 1105179 111023 1, 1110232 1110785

Distribution

Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) including Puerto Rico and countries of: Arab Emirates, Argentina, Belgium, Brasil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Peru, Singapore, Thailand, and South Africa.

Quantity

17, 616 boxes