Events

Recall of INLINE VALVE WITH SIPHONGUARD ACCESSORIES AND UNITIZED BACTISEAL CATHETER

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
    74222
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-05-17
  • 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 is initiating a recall for codman certas programmable valves because testing shows that in a small percentage of valves the following conditions may exist: the mri resistance feature may not always operate properly and the programming mechanism may not always operate properly.

Device

INLINE VALVE WITH SIPHONGUARD ACCESSORIES AND UNITIZED BACTISEAL CATHETER
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 82-8807 (Lot serial: ALL LOTS); Model Catalog: 82-8801 (Lot serial: ALL LOTS); Model Catalog: 82-8805 (Lot serial: ALL LOTS); Model Catalog: 82-8802 (Lot serial: ALL LOTS); Model Catalog: 82-8803 (Lot serial: ALL LOTS); Model Catalog: 82-8804 (Lot serial: ALL LOTS); Model Catalog: 82-8806 (Lot serial: ALL LOTS); Model Catalog: 82-8800 (Lot serial: ALL LOTS)
  • Product Description
    INLINE VALVESIPHONGUARDUNITIZED BACT
  • Manufacturer
    JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL PRODUCTS A DIV. OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON INC.

Manufacturer

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