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Event 71016

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 16, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Medtronic Neuromodulation

Dossier provenance

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  • 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 DBS Extension Kit for Deep Brain Stimulation, Models 37085 and 37086. Sterile

Z-1617-2015
Recall number
Z-1617-2015
Initiated
April 16, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Medtronic Neuromodulation
Quantity
86,851 (US 37,933 / OUS 48,918)

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Medtronic is providing Important information regarding extension handling during implant procedure after receiving reports of high impedances. This applies to extension Models 37085 and 37086 which can be used with the following implantable Neurostimulators: Activa¿ PC (Model 37601), Activa¿ RC (Model 37612), and the Activa¿ SC (Model 37603).

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

Medtronic is providing Important information regarding extension handling during implant procedure after receiving reports of high impedances. This applies to extension Models 37085 and 37086 which can be used with the following implantable Neurostimulators: Activa¿ PC (Model 37601), Activa¿ RC (Model 37612), and the Activa¿ SC (Model 37603).

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Distribution pattern

worldwide