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Event 70675

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 02, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Hill-Rom, 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

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

Steriseal-Cannula Ophthalmic; Bi-Manual Irrigating/Aspirating Handpiece.

Z-1820-2015
Recall number
Z-1820-2015
Initiated
March 02, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Hill-Rom, Inc.
Quantity
66691 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The metal cannula attached to the handpiece can rotate and become dislodged from the plastic handpiece.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

The metal cannula attached to the handpiece can rotate and become dislodged from the plastic handpiece.

Code information

Product #s: 157400; 257400; 157500; 257500

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution-US (nationwide) including the states of MI & PA, and the countries of Belgium, England, Italy, Czech Republic, Turkey, Greece, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, and Lebanon.