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Event 68332

1 recalled-product record grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 16, 2014
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Teleflex Medical

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

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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device · product 1 of 1

Taut Operative Cholangiogram Catheter, 4.5FR (1.5mm) x 76cm To facilitate the introduction of contrast media into the biliary ducts to obtain a cholangiogram during laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy.

Z-1786-2014
Recall number
Z-1786-2014
Initiated
May 16, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Teleflex Medical
Quantity
450

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Several complaints were received for the metal support tube missing from the cholangiogram catheter.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

Several complaints were received for the metal support tube missing from the cholangiogram catheter.

Code information

Product Code 18400, Lot No. 01A1400037

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - USA including the states of AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, FL, IL, LA, ME, MI, MO, NY, OH, OR, TN, TX, VT and WI., and the country of Belgium.