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Event 65542

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
June 21, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Myoscience Inc

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • 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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Myoscience brand iovera Smart Tip, Myoscience Cryo-Touch IV, a Cryogenic Surgical device, REF Catalog Number: STA0311-10. Product Usage: The Myoscience Cryo-Touch IV (a.k.a. iovera) is used to destroy tissue during surgical procedures by applying freezing cold. It can also be used to produce lesions in peripheral nervous tissue by the application of cold to the selected site for the blocking of pain. The Cryo-Touch IV (a.k.a. iovera) is not indicated for treatment of central nervous system tissue.

Z-1781-2013
Recall number
Z-1781-2013
Initiated
June 21, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Myoscience Inc
Quantity
3 units

App-derived interpretation

Labeling or packaging reason.labeling_packaging · v1.0.0
label which did not include

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

The outer box label of the product was labeled with a down revision label which did not include the US labeling requirements, specifically the symbol descriptors and also the "Caution: Federal Law (USA) restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician." This product was previously labeled for EU distribution only.

Code information

Serial Numbers: 100100, 100101, 100103

Distribution pattern

US distribution including CA and ID.

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