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Event 72965

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 22, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Cook Medical Incorporated

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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Zilver¿ 518RX Vascular Stent with Rapid Exchange Delivery System

Z-0689-2016
Recall number
Z-0689-2016
Initiated
December 22, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Cook Medical Incorporated
Quantity
753

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Manufacturing of the joint between the inner catheter and stylet of the delivery system does not consistently meet specifications, and the joint may separate during deployment. Failure of this joint during a procedure may result in a partial stent deployment. The clinical effect of a partial deployment may be a need for surgical intervention, or may result in vessel trauma or an embolic event

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Reason for recall

Manufacturing of the joint between the inner catheter and stylet of the delivery system does not consistently meet specifications, and the joint may separate during deployment. Failure of this joint during a procedure may result in a partial stent deployment. The clinical effect of a partial deployment may be a need for surgical intervention, or may result in vessel trauma or an embolic event

Code information

Catalog Prefix ZIVX5. All Lots

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Worldwide