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Event 72590

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
November 04, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Ormco/Sybronendo

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

Copper NiTi Preformed Archwires; Copper NiTi 40 BAF .016X.022 LO Pk10, Part No. 211-0952. Intended to provide tooth movement.

Z-0343-2016
Recall number
Z-0343-2016
Initiated
November 04, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Ormco/Sybronendo
Quantity
161 units

App-derived interpretation

Labeling or packaging reason.labeling_packaging · v1.0.0
labeling is incorrect

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

Ormco Corporation is recalling Copper NiTi Preformed Archwires because the product transformation temperature as listed on the labeling is incorrect.

Code information

Lot No. 21538339

Distribution pattern

Distributed US (nationwide) and the countries of Canada, Japan, Mexico, Russia, and Peru.