Events

Recall of Multi-Link Vision coronary stents

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 Guidant.

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
    2003-10-22
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/rappels-de-certains-lots-de-stents-coronaires-multi-link-vision-3-mm-societe-guidant
  • 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
    Guidant informed AFSSAPS on October 7, 2003 that it had the same day recalled certain batches of Multi-Link Vision coronary stents with a diameter of 3 mm, by mail addressed to users, pharmacists and / or CLMV (07 / 10/2003) (17 ko of the 148 health establishments concerned by this recall.) There were no incidents reported to the AFSSAPS concerning these 3 mm diameter stents .. At the request of Afssaps , the company Guidant sent the users additional information (07/10/2003) (9 ko) The list of references, batch numbers concerned by the recall are not modified.

Device

Multi-Link Vision coronary stents
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    Guidant

Manufacturer

Guidant
  • Source
    LAANSM