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Field Safety Notices about Counterfeit Ethicon Endo-Surgery (EES) LIGACLIP® EXTRA LIGATING CLIP CARTRIDGES. Product Lot: LT300

According to Health Products Regulatory Authority, this field safety notices involved a device in Ireland that was produced by N/A.

What is this?

Field safety notices are communications sent out by medical device manufacturers or their representatives in relation to actions that they may be taking in relation to their product that is on the market. These are mainly for health workers, but also for users. They can include recalls and alerts.

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  • Type of Event
    Field Safety Notice
  • Event Number
    SN2012(05)
  • Date
    2012-06-18
  • Event Country
    Ireland
  • Event Source
    HPRA
  • Event Source URL
    http://www.hpra.ie/homepage/medical-devices/safety-information/safety-notices/item?t=/counterfeit-ethicon-endo-surgery-(ees)-ligaclip-extra-ligating-clip-cartridges&id=607ff825-9782-6eee-9b55-ff00008c97d0
  • Notes / Alerts
    "Irish data is current through April 2019. All of the data comes from the Health Products Regulatory Authority (Ireland), 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 data from the U.S. and Ireland."
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    The supply and use of counterfeit ligaclip® extra ligating clip cartridges that are not guaranteed to meet the required standards of safety and quality, as required by the medical devices legislation.
  • Action
    The IMB advises that:  • All products in your possession should be checked using the details above to  assess whether the product is genuine or counterfeit.  • If from your assessment, you determine or suspect that you have product that  is counterfeit; identify, locate and quarantine all products to ensure it will not  be used.  • Contact your local EES representative, as EES may be able to determine if the  product is authentic.  • If it is determined to be counterfeit, advise the IMB immediately that you  have identified counterfeit products by emailing devicesafety@hpra.ie.

Device

Counterfeit Ethicon Endo-Surgery (EES) LIGACLIP® EXTRA LIGATING CLIP CARTRIDGES. Product Lot: LT300
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    Counterfeit Ethicon Endo-Surgery (EES) LIGACLIP® EXTRA LIGATING CLIP CARTRIDGES
  • Manufacturer
    N/A

Manufacturer

N/A
  • Source
    HPRA