Events

Recall of Bar clamps

According to L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), this recall involved a device in France that was produced by RIMOS.

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
  • Date
    2004-07-15
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/rappel-d-un-lot-de-clamp-ombilical-de-bar-rampclamp-de-la-societe-rimos-distribue-par-la-cooper-et-la-societe-sodis
  • Notes / Alerts
    French data is current through early September 2018. All of the data comes from L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), 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 France.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Action
    In agreement with Afssaps, the companies COOPERATION PHARMACEUTIQUE FRANCAISE and SODIS informed the 12th and 13th of July, the users of Bar clamps manufactured by the company RIMOS, of a recall of a batch of this device following a defect of The health establishments, concerned by this withdrawal in France, have received the attached letters (15/07/2004) (10 KB) to the attention of the directors of health establishments, local correspondents of materiovigilance and pharmacists for distribution to maternity services. The other competent European authorities have been informed of this measure by Afssaps.

Device

Bar clamps
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    RIMOS

Manufacturer

RIMOS
  • Source
    LAANSM