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Event 64620

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 13, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Medtronic Inc. Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management

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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Medtronic Archer Super Stiff Guidewire 0.035 inch (0.89mm), Model ARCSJ200W. Intended to facilitate catheter placement and exchange during procedures in the aorta.

Z-1017-2013
Recall number
Z-1017-2013
Initiated
March 13, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
225 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Medtronic has identified an issue with a specific lot of the Archer 0.035 inch (0.89mm) Super Stiff Guidewire, model ARCSJ200W, where the PTFE (Teflon) coating has the potential to separate from the wire during in-vivo use.

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Reason for recall

Medtronic has identified an issue with a specific lot of the Archer 0.035 inch (0.89mm) Super Stiff Guidewire, model ARCSJ200W, where the PTFE (Teflon) coating has the potential to separate from the wire during in-vivo use.

Code information

Lot number GFWA0387

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution-USA including the states of FL, OH, and MN and the countries of Belgium, France Germany, Netherlands, Turkey, and United Kingdom.