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Event 71278

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 05, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Medtronic Navigation, Inc.

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 Passive Planar Blunt Probe Part Number 960-556, also included in Part Number Kits: 9732540, 9732622, 9733174, 9733935. As part of kits, the product is either packaged with other instruments or into a holding tray. The Passive Planar Blunt Probe is an optically tracked, reusable instrument used in navigated surgery and is included with Medtronic cranial instrument kits. It is designed for use in patient registration and palpating brain tissue during surgical procedures.

Z-1794-2015
Recall number
Z-1794-2015
Initiated
May 05, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
18

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Passive Planar Blunt Probe (Lot# 150223) was manufactured with a sharp tip rather than a blunt tip.

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Reason for recall

Passive Planar Blunt Probe (Lot# 150223) was manufactured with a sharp tip rather than a blunt tip.

Code information

lot number 150223

Distribution pattern

US Distribution to the states of : CA, MO, LA and PA., and Internationally to Ireland.