Events

Recall of MULTISTRIP

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 PRODIMED.

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
    2002-11-05
  • 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-du-dispositif-multistrip-reference-2500200-de-la-societe-prodimed
  • 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    The company PRODIMED has withdrawn the batches P527B 02/0396 and P528B 02/0520 from the medical device called MULTISTRIP / reference 2500200 following the detection of a defect that can make stripping difficult (without risk for the patient). This device is a stripper for saphenous vein stripping (extraction of varicose veins).

Device

MULTISTRIP
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    PRODIMED

Manufacturer

PRODIMED
  • Source
    LAANSM