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Event 71185

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 24, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Stryker Instruments Div. of Stryker Corporation

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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device · product 1 of 1

EliteCore Full Core Biopsy Device. EliteCore 18G, 20cm with and without HiLiter tip, 15 cm with and without HiLiter tip, and 10 cm with and without HiLiter tip.

Z-1671-2015
Recall number
Z-1671-2015
Initiated
April 24, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
1,420 Units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Potential for the device cannula to overthrow past the intended length.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Device Design

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Reason for recall

Potential for the device cannula to overthrow past the intended length.

Code information

Stryker Product Numbers: 0915-820-000; 0905-820-000; 0915-815-000; 0905-815-000; 0915-810-000; 0905-810-000; RLS Product Numbers: 931018, 931518, 941518. Stryker lot numbers distributed 16-JUN-2014 to 10-FEB-2015 affected: 61406001, 61406002, 61406007 RLS lot numbers distributed 28-MAR-2013 to 16-JUN-2014 affected: 61302001, 61203001, 61108001, 61208002, 61309001

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide Distribution including AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, and WI.