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Event 64913

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 15, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
DePuy Mitek, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Co.

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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DePuy Mitek Tissue Liberator -Blade Up Catalog Number: 214623 The Reusable Arthroscopy Instruments are reusable, non-powered surgical instruments used during arthroscopic surgery of any joint except the spine.

Z-1278-2013
Recall number
Z-1278-2013
Initiated
April 15, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
27 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Labeled incorrectly as a Blade Up configuration instead of a Blade Down configuration.

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Reason for recall

Labeled incorrectly as a Blade Up configuration instead of a Blade Down configuration.

Code information

Lot number:13A01

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - USA including KY, NJ and Internationally to Argnetina, Australia, Belgium,Columbia, India, France, Japan, Jordan, Latvija, Israel, Korea, and Great Britain. For questions regarding this recall call 508-977-3813.