FDA recall Z-2768-2020

Covidien Llc · Class II · device

Product

Beacon EUS Access System Preloaded Access 90degree Needle sterile, single-use, endoscopic ultrasound device consisting of a sharp stylet and an 18.5-gauge, echo-enhanced, tip-shaped, nitinol cannula intended to pierce tissue and then act as an access channel to facilitate guidewire placement to locations of the gastrointestinal tract.

Reason for recall

This voluntary recall is being conducted following three customer reports of the device cannula detaching during a procedure. In one case, the detached cannula was not retrieved during the procedure. Potential risks associated with a detached cannula include delay in treatment, biliary leak, pain and retained device fragments.

Distribution

world wide distribution

Key facts

Status
Ongoing
Initiation date
2020-06-26
Report date
2020-08-12
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Mansfield, MA, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-2768-2020