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Event 67793

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 13, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.

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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CODMAN CERTAS Programmable Valves, central nervous system shunt, models as follows: 82-8800 In Line Valve Only 82-8801 In Line Valve with Catheter and Accessories 82-8802 In Line Valve with Unitized Catheter and Accessories 82-8803 In line Valve with Unitized BACTISEAL Catheter and Accessories 82-8804 In Line Valve only with SIPHONGUARD Device 82-8805 In Line Valve with SIPHONGUARD Device, Catheter and Accessories 82-8806 In Line Valve with SIPHONGUARD, Unitized Catheter and Accessories 82-8807 In Line Valve with SIPHONGUARD Device, Unitized BACTISEAL Catheter and Accessories 82-8850 Certas Therapeutic Management System

Z-1468-2014
Recall number
Z-1468-2014
Initiated
December 13, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.
Quantity
9,445 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Ensuring all customers have the tools to assist in verifying the setting of the valve on x-ray images and the location and orientation of implanted CODMAN CERTAS Programmable Valves.

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Reason for recall

Ensuring all customers have the tools to assist in verifying the setting of the valve on x-ray images and the location and orientation of implanted CODMAN CERTAS Programmable Valves.

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Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution.