Events

Safety Alert for Needles with special thread for cosmetic treatment Mono, Tornado, Cog Type

According to Ministry of Health, this safety alert involved a device in Lithuania that was produced by MP Manufacturer Unknown Sender: Metro Korea Co., Ltd., Korea.

What is this?

Alerts provide important information and recommendations about products. Even though an alert has been issued, it does not necessarily mean a product is considered to be unsafe. Safety Alerts, addressed to health workers and users, may include recalls. They can be written by manufacturers, but also by health officials.

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  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event Number
    9
  • Date
    2015-07-28
  • Event Country
    Lithuania
  • Event Source
    MH
  • Event Source URL
    http://www.vaspvt.gov.lt/node/115
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from Lithuania is current through December 2018. All of the data comes from the Ministry of Health, 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 Lithuania.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    There is no data on the manufacturer and the manufacturer's authorized representative in the european economic area. the number of the notified body is not indicated. no information is available on the safe and proper use of medical devices. labels for medical devices are labeled with a ce marking that does not comply.
  • Action
    Disallowed to market

Device

Needles with special thread for cosmetic treatment Mono, Tornado, Cog Type

Manufacturer

MP Manufacturer Unknown Sender: Metro Korea Co., Ltd., Korea
  • Manufacturers representative
    UAB Gersana
  • Source
    MH