Events

Recall of CODMAN SURGICAL PATTIES X-RAY DETECTABLE

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL PRODUCTS A DIV. OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON INC..

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
    98167
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2010-07-26
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, 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 Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Codman surgical patties which are labeled with a radio-opaque marker and were distributed by codman between may 2009 and may 2010 may have reduced adhesion between the patty and the blue radio-opaque x-ray stripe due to a recently discovered processing problem. this reduced adhesion may result in the x-ray stripe becoming detached from the patty during use and remaining in the surgical site inadvertently.

Device

CODMAN SURGICAL PATTIES X-RAY DETECTABLE

Manufacturer

JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL PRODUCTS A DIV. OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON INC.