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Event 65504

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 08, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Endopath Electrosurgery Probe Plus II, twelve (12) different devices, including hooks, spatulas, right angles, curved dissectors, suction/irrigation devices, accessory ports, pool/sump devices and stone retrieval cannula, packaged and sterilized individually in a transparent flexible blister sealed to a Tyvek lid. 6 flexible packages are placed into a sales unit carton, with 4 cartons per corrugated shipper. The Endopath Electrosurgery Probe Plus II system has application in minimally invasive procedures to facilitate tissue dissection, coagulation, irrigation, and fluid evacuation through a common trocar sleeve.

Z-1772-2013
Recall number
Z-1772-2013
Initiated
April 08, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
327,648 instruments

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The firm is recalling the ENDOPATH Probe Plus II Shafts because the possibility that a tear in the Tyvek packaging may affect the sterility of the device.

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Reason for recall

The firm is recalling the ENDOPATH Probe Plus II Shafts because the possibility that a tear in the Tyvek packaging may affect the sterility of the device.

Code information

Product Code: EPS01, Exp. Date: 2015 09 through 2018 03; Product Code: EPS02, Exp. Date: 2015 09 through 2018 03; Product Code: EPS03, Exp. Date: 2015 09 through 2018 03; Product Code: EPS04, Exp. Date: 2015 09 through 2018 03; Product Code: EPS05, Exp. Date: 2015 09 through 2018 03; Product Code: EPS06, Exp. Date: 2015 09 through 2018 03; Product Code: EPS07, Exp. Date: 2015 09 through 2018 03; Product Code: EPS08, Exp. Date: 2015 09 through 2018 03; Product Code: EPS10, Exp. Date: 2013 04 through 2018 03; Product Code: EPS11, Exp. Date: 2013 04 through 2018 03; Product Code: EPS12, Exp. Date: 2013 04 through 2018 03 & Product Code: EPS13, Exp. Date: 2013 04 through 2018 03.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution: US (nationwide) including states of: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, lA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, Ml, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, & WY and countries of: Canada, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, & Venezuela.

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