FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

MACROLYTE Premie Dispersive Electrode, REF 440-2400, CONMED CORPORATION. The device is applied to the patient during electrosurgical procedures to provide a path for RF current to leave the patient and return to the generator.

Recall: Z-1719-2014 · Reported June 11, 2014

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-1719-2014
Event ID
68193
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
ConMed Corporation
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
June 11, 2014
Initiation Date
May 8, 2014
Classification Date
June 4, 2014
Termination Date
April 11, 2017
Address
525 French Rd, Utica, NY, 13502-5945, United States

Description

MACROLYTE Premie Dispersive Electrode, REF 440-2400, CONMED CORPORATION. The device is applied to the patient during electrosurgical procedures to provide a path for RF current to leave the patient and return to the generator.

Reason

ConMed Corporation has received complaints regarding sparking, no output and burning at the cord set connection. The complaints have been confirmed by ConMed.

Code Info

Beginning Lot Code 1204275; Ending Lot Code 1401075 (Lot code indicates the date of manufacture = yymmdds, where s is the shift).

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and the countries of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Great Britain, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Trinidad, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay.

Quantity

Domestic - 12,600 units, Foreign - 44,280 units