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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 72037

2 recalled-product records grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 24, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Teleflex Medical

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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2 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 2

R¿sch Flexi-Slip Endotracheal Tube Stylet with Soft Distal Tip, Sterile, Rx only, Teleflex Medical.

Z-0245-2016
Recall number
Z-0245-2016
Initiated
August 24, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Teleflex Medical
Quantity
233,641 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Due to reports of the plastic coating of the stylet splitting and/or breaking off of the stylet.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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

Due to reports of the plastic coating of the stylet splitting and/or breaking off of the stylet.

Code information

Material #502501, Batch numbers: 12EE20, 12FE26, 12GE27, 12IE37, 12GE30, 13AG21, 12LG29, 12IE36, 12IE39, 13DG06, 12JE41, 12KE48, 13BG26, 13BG36, 13DG24, 14FG03, 14GG01, 14GG03, 14HE32, 14HE34, 14IE36, 14KG11, 14JG05, 14JE43, 14KG27, 14LG06, 15BG05, 15AG34, 15AG28, 15CG24, 15DE18, 15DG38, and 15EG08.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution -- U.S. Nationwide; International Distribution: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belgrade, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Great Britain, Greece, Guyana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Martinique, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela, and the United Arab Emirates.

device · product 2 of 2

Rusch Flexi-slip tracheal tube Stylet, Size Ch 6, Sterile, Teleflex Medical.

Z-0246-2016
Recall number
Z-0246-2016
Initiated
August 24, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Teleflex Medical
Quantity
233,641 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Due to reports of the plastic coating of the stylet splitting and/or breaking off of the stylet.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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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Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Due to reports of the plastic coating of the stylet splitting and/or breaking off of the stylet.

Code information

Material #503700-000060, Batch numbers: 13IG21, 13LG06, 14AG04, 14FG06, 14GG01, 14LG06, 15AG28, 15CG24 and 15DG38.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution -- U.S. Nationwide; International Distribution: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belgrade, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Great Britain, Greece, Guyana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Martinique, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela, and the United Arab Emirates.