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Event 64215

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
January 29, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Vascular Solutions, Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • 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

Vascular Solutions, SuperCross Microcatheter, Sterilized using ethylene oxide, Rx Only, Model numbers 5300 - 5307, 5324, 5325, 5329, 5332, 5336, 5340, and 5341. Product Usage: The SuperCross catheter is intended to be used in conjunction with steerable guidewires to access discrete regions of the coronary and/or peripheral vasculature. It may be used to facilitate placement and exchange of guidewires and other interventional devices and to subselectively infuse/deliver diagnostic and therapeutic agents

Z-0868-2013
Recall number
Z-0868-2013
Initiated
January 29, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Vascular Solutions, Inc.
Quantity
4731

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Vascular Solutions, Inc has discovered a potential problem with a number of lots of Supercross microcatheters. A potential for surface contamination on aged catheters was observed during in-house testing.

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Reason for recall

Vascular Solutions, Inc has discovered a potential problem with a number of lots of Supercross microcatheters. A potential for surface contamination on aged catheters was observed during in-house testing.

Code information

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Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - USA Nationwide including the states of AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, CD, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL ,IN, IA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI,MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT VA, WA, WV, WI, WY and AUSTRIA, CANDA, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, HUNGARY, ISRAEL,. ITALY, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM.