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Field Safety Notices about Maryland Dissector, Medium-sized Clip Applicator, Cadier Pliers, Needle Holders, Foundry Pliers, Crocodile Pliers, Bipolar Maryland Tweezers, Curved Needle Drivers, and Bipolar Fenestrated Peangles

According to Swedish Medical Products Agency, this field safety notices involved a device in Sweden that was produced by Intuitive Surgical Inc.

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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 ID
6.6.4-2015-76408
Event Country
Sweden
Event Source
SMPA
Event Source URL
https://lakemedelsverket.se/malgrupp/Halso---sjukvard/Medicinteknisk-sakerhetsinformation/fran-tillverkare/FSN2015/Flergangsprodukter--da-Vinci-Si-Single-Site-instrumentgrepp--Intuitive-Surgical-Inc/#
Notes / Alerts

Swedish data is current through 2018. All of the data comes from the Swedish Medical Products Agency, 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 Sweden.
Extra notes in the data

2955842-08-08-2015-008-C
Action
Information on the risk of use. Modification of the manual

Device

Maryland Dissector, Medium-sized Clip Applicator, Cadier Pliers, Needle Holders, Foundry Pliers, ...

Model / Serial
Product Description
Reusable Products
Manufacturer
Intuitive Surgical Inc

Manufacturer

Intuitive Surgical Inc

Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
Intuitive Surgical Inc
Source
SMPA

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