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Event 65255

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 24, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Gyrus Acmi, Incorporated

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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GYRUS ACMI, MYRINGOTOMY KNIFE DISPOSABLE, SICKLE BLADE FLAT HANDLE, REF 130715, Rx only, STERILE EO, GYRUS ACMI, INC., 136 TURNPIKE ROAD, SOUTHBOROUGH, MA 01722-2104 Disposable myringotomy knife intended to perforate the tympanic membrane to allow the placement of a bent tube or to directly provide ventilation or drainage of the middle ear.

Z-1439-2013
Recall number
Z-1439-2013
Initiated
May 24, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Gyrus Acmi, Incorporated
Quantity
100 boxes of 6 units

App-derived interpretation

Sterility assurance reason.sterility_assurance · v1.0.0
lack of sterility

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Employee error

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Reason for recall

lack of sterility assurance

Code information

JC477666

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and countries of: Canada and United Kingdom.