Events

Recall of Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by William A Cook Australia Pty Ltd.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2013-RN-00359-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class I
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-04-26
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2013-RN-00359-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Cook medical has received a number of complaint reports relating to the delivery system for the zilver ptx drug eluting stent involving fractures of the delivery system inner catheter after stent deployment, and separation of the inner catheter tip section. this recall follows from a previous recall for product correction rc-2012-rn-01282-1.
  • Action
    Cook Medical is initiating the recall of Zilver PTX devices since there is a higher than expected potential of inner delivery catheter breakage due to inconsistencies in the catheter manufacturing process. The recall is intended to address the patient risks that may be associated with the potential failure mode.

Device

Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent

Manufacturer

William A Cook Australia Pty Ltd