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Event 65458

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
June 12, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Medtronic Inc. Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management

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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Medtronic, Launcher Guiding Catheter, Model # LA8EBU45SH, Lot # 0006722866, 8F and Model # LA6IMAD, Lot # 0006724224, 6F Product Usage: The Medtronic Guiding Catheter is designed to provide a pathway through which therapeutic devices are introduced. The guiding catheter is intended to be used in the coronary or peripheral vascular system.

Z-1564-2013
Recall number
Z-1564-2013
Initiated
June 12, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
15

App-derived interpretation

Labeling or packaging reason.labeling_packaging · v1.0.0
mislabeled

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Labeling mix-ups

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Reason for recall

Medtronic has identified a labeling issue for 24 units of the Launcher coronary Guide Catheter. The two affected catheter lots are mislabeled and do not accurately reflect the catheters contained within each package.

Code information

Model # LA8EBU45SH, Lot # 0006722866 and Model # LA6IMAD, Lot # 0006724224.

Distribution pattern

Internationally distributed: to countries of Germany and Poland.