Events

Recall of Device Recall Pilling Weck Inc. / Teleflex Medical

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Instrumed International, Inc..

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
    68725
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2725-2014
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-05-30
  • Event Date Posted
    2014-09-30
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2017-11-29
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=128739
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Electrosurgical, cutting & coagulation & accessories - Product Code GEI
  • Reason
    Additional caution statements have been added to the instructions for use for monopolar electrodes. 1) to avoid tissue carbonation, the operation voltage of the hf generator must not exceed 650 peak voltage (vp) for all monopolar electrodes. and 2) for all monopolar electrodes, the useful life of this product is less than or equal to 50 cycles and less than or equal to 2 years.
  • Action
    Instrumed sent an URGENT: MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION letters dated May 30, 2014 to all consignees. The letters advised the consignees of the new warning statements on the product Instructions For Use and an instruction to complete and return the attached Response Request Form to Instrumed International. Consignees were further instructed to extend the recall to the retail level. For questions contact Instrumed Quality Manager at 847-908-6119.

Device

Device Recall Pilling Weck Inc. / Teleflex Medical
  • Model / Serial
    1) Instrumed Item No.: 250-08930; Pilling Weck Inc. / Teleflex Medical Catalog Code: 728163; Lot Number: 66745
  • Product Classification
    General and Plastic Surgery Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Distribution US Nationwide in the states of: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, and WY.
  • Product Description
    Reusable laparoscopic instruments are packaged as non-sterile. Cleaning and sterilization of devices must occur prior to use. || The instruments are intended to be used by qualified physicians to provide access, illumination and visualization of internal structures and for manipulating soft tissue (grasping, cutting, coagulating, dissecting and suturing) in a wide variety of diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopic/ urologic closed and minimally invasive procedures. It is inserted via a trocar sleeve and is used to prepare, coagulate and cut tissue.
  • Manufacturer
    Instrumed International, Inc.

Manufacturer

Instrumed International, Inc.
  • Manufacturer Address
    Instrumed International, Inc., 626 Cooper Ct, Schaumburg IL 60173-4537
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Avalign Technologies Inc.
  • Source
    USFDA