FDA recall Z-1411-2021

Covidien · Class II · device

Product

Covidien Surgiwand" II Suction and Irrigation Device: Electrosurgical, cutting & coagulation & accessories22 Product Number/CFN: 178083, 178093, 178094

Reason for recall

Investigations related to customer complaints received for particulate matter inside of the Surgiwand" II device tubing components identified the root cause as a damaged Y-Connector component which connects the tubing to the device. This damage was determined to generate the particulate matter observed and is created during the assembly process for connecting the tubing component to the Y-Connector.

Distribution

Domestic: AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, UT, WA, WI, WV. Foreign: Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad And Tobago, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritius, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom.

Key facts

Status
Ongoing
Initiation date
2021-03-05
Report date
2021-04-21
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Ponce, PR, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1411-2021