Field Safety Notices about Gas Tamponades: EasyGas; SF6, C2F6, C3F8

According to Health Products Regulatory Authority, this field safety notices involved a device in Ireland that was produced by Fluoron GmbH/Geuder AG/KD Surgical Ltd.

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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
    SN2013(06)
  • Date
    2013-06-13
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    HPRA
  • Event Source URL
  • 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 effectiveness of the fluoron easygas sf6, c2f6, c3f8 gas tamponade devices cannot be guaranteed. despite correct handling and application, the gas volume may be below specification.
  • Action
    The IMB recommends that:  1. Relevant personnel in your organisation are made aware of this potential issue.  2. If applicable, users contact either the local supplier, the international distributor or the manufacturer and return any unused affected devices.  3. Ensure that this IMB Safety Notice and the attached Field Safety Notice is passed on to any organisation or end user where the potentially affected devices have been transferred.

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