FDA Recall Terminated

Valiant Thoracic Stent Graft with Captivia Delivery System, Talent Thoracic Stent Graft with the Captivia Delivery System.

Recall: Z-0083-2014 · Initiated September 19, 2012

Recall

Recall Number
Z-0083-2014
Event Number
66322
Firm
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
FEI Number
3005364322
Product Code
MIH
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Component design/selection
Initiated
September 19, 2012
Posted
October 25, 2013
Terminated
October 25, 2013
Address
3850 Brickway Blvd, Santa Rosa, CA, 95403-8223

Description

Valiant Thoracic Stent Graft with Captivia Delivery System, Talent Thoracic Stent Graft with the Captivia Delivery System.

Reason

Firm received reports of difficulty in flushing the graft cover of the delivery system during device preparation as required by IFU.

Action

A Medical Device Information letter was sent to all affected customers on September 19, 2012. Additionally, all Medtronic Field Representatives were notified of the issue via a Field Memo

Distribution

International distribution:Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, It lay, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.

Quantity

~1000