FDA Recall Terminated

Pilling(R) Coronary Scissors, 60Deg 7", Catalog numbers: 352166, Teleflex Medical, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Recall: Z-1177-2009 · Initiated March 3, 2009

Recall

Recall Number
Z-1177-2009
Event Number
51300
Firm
Teleflex Medical
FEI Number
3005747797
Product Code
LRW
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Process control
Initiated
March 3, 2009
Posted
April 9, 2009
Terminated
March 31, 2011
Address
4024 Stirrup Creek Dr, Durham, NC, 27703-9000

Description

Pilling(R) Coronary Scissors, 60Deg 7", Catalog numbers: 352166, Teleflex Medical, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Reason

The product has a rough square finish instead of a smooth rounded finish which can cause damage to arteries.

Action

Consignees were notified by an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter, dated 03/03/2009, via UPS Next Day. Hospitals were instructed to immediately discontinue use of the products, inspect the scissors for the date codes and to return the product to Teleflex Medical for replacement. Distributors were instructed to forward the letter to their consignees to retrieve relevant product from those locations. A Recall Acknowledgement Form was attached to be completed and faxed back to Teleflex Medical. A second mailing to non-responding customers on the consignee list will be made approximately four to six weeks after the first mailing. A third mailing to non-responding customers on the consignee list will be made approximately four to six weeks after the second mailing or they may be contacted by phone, e-mail or fax. A record of these contacts will be maintained. Affected product retrieved by Teleflex Medical will be destroyed and replacement product provided to the consignee. Records of destruction will be maintained.

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution -- USA including states of AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, FL, IA, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NH, NJ, NY, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, and WA, and countries of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, and Singapore.

Quantity

497 of all units