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Device product

FindrWIRZ Guidewire System Catalog# 40-05 Cardiology: The system is intended for use in the cardiovascular system for introduction and positioning of over the-wire catheters and therapeutic devices during interventional procedures.

Z-0328-2017

September 29, 2016

Class I

Product summary

Firm
SentreHeart Inc
Event
Event 75395
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class I
Quantity
132 worldwide distribution (98) of those units in US
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0328-2017

Official wording

Reason: A complaint was received on September 27th, 2016 at a medical center in Germany for delamination and flaking of the PTFE lubricious coating on three FindrWIRZ Guidewire System .025 guidewires removed from their packaging hoops.

Code information: Lot# 01160568 . Lot#02160586, (no products shipped from this lot) Lot# 07160639 -150

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - US including MO, CA, OR, GA. NH, NY, MI, TX, MD, PA, IL, KS, NE, CT, AZ and Internationally to United Kingdom and Germany

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    A complaint was received on September 27th, 2016 at a medical center in Germany for delamination and flaking of the PTFE lubricious coating on three FindrWIRZ Guidewire System .025 guidewires removed from their packaging hoops.

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