Events

Field Safety Notices about Torcon NB® Advantage Beacon® Tip Catheters and others

According to Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), this field safety notices involved a device in Slovenia that was produced by Cook Incorporated.

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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
  • Date
    2015-10-08
  • Event Country
    Slovenia
  • Event Source
    AMPMDRS
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from Slovenia is current through February 2019. All of the data comes from the Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), 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 Slovenia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Cook medical is extending the voluntary recall of july 2, 2015, to include additional lots and catheter prefixes as listed above. these catheters are intended for use in angiographic procedures by physicians trained and experienced in angiographic techniques. cook medical has received additional reports of catheter tip splits and/or separation. on the basis of these reports, cook medical is extending our voluntary recall of specific affected lots that are in distribution. .

Device

Torcon NB® Advantage Beacon® Tip Catheters and others

Manufacturer

Cook Incorporated