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Event 68267

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 12, 2014
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Summit Medical, 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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Armstrong Grommet with wire Otological Ventilation Tube Catalog #: VT-0507-01, Sterilized by Ethylene Oxide, Rx Only. Intended to provide ventilation to the middle ear space through the tympanic membrane.

Z-1731-2014
Recall number
Z-1731-2014
Initiated
May 12, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Summit Medical, Inc.
Quantity
9 boxes

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
One lot of ventilation tubes have mixed tubes with wire attached to the slanted flange and ventilation tubes with wire attached to the straight flange. This poses no health hazard to the user or patient.

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Reason for recall

One lot of ventilation tubes have mixed tubes with wire attached to the slanted flange and ventilation tubes with wire attached to the straight flange. This poses no health hazard to the user or patient.

Code information

Lot #: 147809

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution -- USA, including CA, and GERMANY.

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