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Event 72703

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
November 23, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
DePuy Mitek, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Co.

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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VAPR¿ TRIPOLAR 90" Degree Suction Electrodes (Model/Catalog No: 225028)

Z-0479-2016
Recall number
Z-0479-2016
Initiated
November 23, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
127

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Mitek identified that on VAPR Tripolar 90 Degree Suction Electrode the ablation and coagulation buttons are colored incorrectly. The wiring for each button function was confirmed as correct and the non-conformance impacted button color only

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Reason for recall

Mitek identified that on VAPR Tripolar 90 Degree Suction Electrode the ablation and coagulation buttons are colored incorrectly. The wiring for each button function was confirmed as correct and the non-conformance impacted button color only

Code information

U1509202 and U1509162

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US Distribution to the states of : AL, CA, CT, FL, KY, MN, MS, ND, NJ, NM and TX., and to the countries of: France, Netherlands and Norway.