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Event 64647

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 18, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Linvatec Corp. dba ConMed Linvatec

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

Ref: VP1600 HD Still Capture System ConMed Linvatec . Captures, stores and transfers images generated by a medical endoscopic camera system during surgical procedures.

Z-1340-2013
Recall number
Z-1340-2013
Initiated
March 18, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
267 units

App-derived interpretation

Device software or design reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0
anomaly between the software

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Software design (manufacturing process)

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Reason for recall

The VP1600 HD Still Capture Image System is recalled due to an anomaly between the software code in the VP1600 console and the communications interface for various keyboard key strokes (Caps lock and Num Lock) which may lock up and requires the user to reboot to continue.

Code information

VP1600

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including the Virgin Islands and the states of CA, CT, FL, GA, IN, KY, KS, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, and WI, and the countries of Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Hong Kong and Zambia.