Events

Recall of EDWARDS INUITY ELITE

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES (CANADA) 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
    42114
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-02-21
  • 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
    Cutomer notification in response to a potential mislabeling in which a special access programme (sap) label may be present on the product. the intuity elite is commercially approved for sale by health canada under licence # 97810. customers may disregard the sap sticker as it is no longer in effect.

Device

EDWARDS INUITY ELITE
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 8300KITB25 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFG); Model Catalog: 8300KITB27 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFG); Model Catalog: 8300KITB23 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFG); Model Catalog: 8300KITB21 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFG); Model Catalog: 8300KITB19 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFG)
  • Product Description
    EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE HEART VALVE KIT
  • Manufacturer
    EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES (CANADA) INC.

Manufacturer

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES (CANADA) INC.