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Event 72718

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
November 19, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Cook Inc.

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

VentriClear¿ II Ventricular Drainage Catheter Set. Allows external access and drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the ventricles of the brain.

Z-0416-2016
Recall number
Z-0416-2016
Initiated
November 19, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Cook Inc.
Quantity
35

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Cook Medical initiated a voluntary recall of specific lot numbers of the VentriClear II Ventricular Drainage Catheter Set due to the device being sterilized twice, which may result in the minocycline and rifampin catheter coating to be less than what is indicated on the labeling.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Cook Medical initiated a voluntary recall of specific lot numbers of the VentriClear II Ventricular Drainage Catheter Set due to the device being sterilized twice, which may result in the minocycline and rifampin catheter coating to be less than what is indicated on the labeling.

Code information

Catalog Number: 50318Lot Numbers: F4365351X, F4692818X, NS5274254X, NS5667436X, NS5727900X, NS6079165X, NS6079166X

Distribution pattern

Distributed in Tennessee, Florida, Michigan, and Pennsylvania and in Saudi Arabia.