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Event 81599

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
November 19, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Smiths Medical ASD 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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device · product 1 of 1

Medex High Pressure Stopcock used to control the direction of IV fluid flow. This device is intended for single use only and is provided sterile and fluid path non-pyrogenic unless package is damaged or opened.

Z-0512-2019
Recall number
Z-0512-2019
Initiated
November 19, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Smiths Medical ASD Inc.
Quantity
2,425 devices

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Certain lots of Medex" High Pressure Stopcocks were manufactured with an inner body defect that may result in a leak. Model Number - Lot Number MX4301L - 3538569 MX4331L - 3562377 & 3546826 MX4331R - 3546924

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Certain lots of Medex" High Pressure Stopcocks were manufactured with an inner body defect that may result in a leak. Model Number - Lot Number MX4301L - 3538569 MX4331L - 3562377 & 3546826 MX4331R - 3546924

Code information

Model Number (Lot Number): MX4301L (3538569), MX4331L (3562377, 3546826), MX4331R (3546924)

Distribution pattern

The potentially affected products were shipped to customers in the US, Canada, and Mexico.

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