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Event 76885

2 recalled-product records grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 29, 2017
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Volcano Corporation

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

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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2 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 2

Refinity Rotational Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Catheter; Product number: 400-0200.289; Catalog number 89800. Cardiovascular: The REFINITY (or REFINITY ST) Rotational IVUS Catheter (REFINITY or REFINITY ST) is intended for the intravascular ultrasound examination of coronary arteries. Intravascular ultrasound imaging is indicated in patients who are candidates for transluminal interventional procedures. REFINITY (or REFINITY ST) catheters are designed for use as an adjunct to conventional angiographic procedures to provide an image of the vessel lumen and wall structures.

Z-1775-2017
Recall number
Z-1775-2017
Initiated
March 29, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Volcano Corporation
Quantity
718 total units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
High complaint rates of kinking near the junction of the proximal shaft to telescope section of the catheter. Kinking could result in disruption of normal clinical workflow or loss of imaging.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

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Reason for recall

High complaint rates of kinking near the junction of the proximal shaft to telescope section of the catheter. Kinking could result in disruption of normal clinical workflow or loss of imaging.

Code information

Lot # 50068951, Expiry date 06/30/2018; Lot # 50068952, Expiry date 06/30/2018; Lot # 50069133, Expiry date 06/30/2018; Lot # 50083387, Expiry Date 11/30/2018; Lot # 50083390, Expiry Date 11/30/2018.

Distribution pattern

Distribution to US and Japan

device · product 2 of 2

Refinity Short Tip Rotational Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Catheter; Product number: 400-0200.273; Catalog number 89900. Cardiovascular: The REFINITY (or REFINITY ST) Rotational IVUS Catheter (REFINITY or REFINITY ST) is intended for the intravascular ultrasound examination of coronary arteries. Intravascular ultrasound imaging is indicated in patients who are candidates for transluminal interventional procedures. REFINITY (or REFINITY ST) catheters are designed for use as an adjunct to conventional angiographic procedures to provide an image of the vessel lumen and wall structures.

Z-1776-2017
Recall number
Z-1776-2017
Initiated
March 29, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Volcano Corporation
Quantity
718 total devices

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
High complaint rates of kinking near the junction of the proximal shaft to telescope section of the catheter. Kinking could result in disruption of normal clinical workflow or loss of imaging.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

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Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

High complaint rates of kinking near the junction of the proximal shaft to telescope section of the catheter. Kinking could result in disruption of normal clinical workflow or loss of imaging.

Code information

Lot # 50069132, Expiry date 6/30/2018; Lot # 50083527, Expiry date 11/30/2018; Lot # 50083533, Expiry Date 11/30/2018.

Distribution pattern

Distribution to US and Japan

Field note

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