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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 70872

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 10, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
US Endoscopy Group 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

Talon Grasping Device, 160 cm, US endoscopy. Used for retrieval of foreign bodies, tissue specimens, stones or calculi in endoscopic procedures of the gastrointestinal tract.

Z-1453-2015
Recall number
Z-1453-2015
Initiated
March 10, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
US Endoscopy Group Inc
Quantity
1695 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
A wire component on the distal grasping assembly of the device became detached..

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

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Reason for recall

A wire component on the distal grasping assembly of the device became detached..

Code information

Model #00711175; Lot #'s: 1407418, 1407419, 1408069, 1408070, 1408739, 1408740, 1408741, 1408742, 1410178, 1410179, 1410478, 1410480, 1410990, 1411518, 1423937, and 1423938.

Distribution pattern

Product was shipped to the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI & WV. Product was also sent to the following countries: ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, CANADA, ESTONIA, FRANCE, MEXICO, NEW ZEALAND, SAUDI ARABIA & SWEDEN.