Events

Recall of Cook Lunderquist Wire Guide

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by William Cook Europe ApS.

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
  • Event ID
    18738
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-07-07
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Obex Medical Ltd, 303 Manukau Road, Epsom, AUCKLAND
  • Reason
    Cook medical has received 3 reports of products with the product label indicating the wire guide is curved (the letter "c" in the prefix tscmg- stands for curved), however actual product inside package is a straight wire guide., this observation was made prior to use of the product as the physician is able to see the wire is not curved. the instructions for use (ifu) state "upon removal from package, inspect the product to ensure no damage has occurred.".
  • Action
    Product to be returned to supplier

Device

Cook Lunderquist Wire Guide

Manufacturer

William Cook Europe ApS