Events

Recall of LigaSure Atlas instruments

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 TYCO HEALHCARE.

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
    2006-02-13
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/retrait-de-lots-d-instruments-ligasure-atlas-de-la-societe-tyco-healthcare
  • 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
    The company TYCO HEALHCARE (Valleylab) withdraws from the market the batches of the references specified in the attached reminder message, of the medical device called "LigaSure Atlas instruments" due to the risk of non-recognition of these instruments by the generator. This device is used for permanent ligation of vessels .. The company has directly notified the recipients concerned with the message attached (13/02/2006) (98 KB) validated by the Afssaps .. This information is for managers health facilities and the local correspondents for material vigilance for dissemination, where appropriate to the services concerned. The competent European authorities concerned shall be informed of this measure by the manufacturer.

Device

LigaSure Atlas instruments
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    TYCO HEALHCARE

Manufacturer

TYCO HEALHCARE
  • Source
    LAANSM