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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 73525

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 03, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
ArthroCare Corporation

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

TOPAZ MicroDebrider 0.8 mm REF AC4040-01; TOPAZ MicroDebrider IFS 0.8 mm REF ACH4040-01; TOPAZ MicroDebrider 0.8 mm REF Q6000-01; TOPAZ EPF MicroDebrider 0.8 mm 45 REF Q6002-01

Z-1321-2016
Recall number
Z-1321-2016
Initiated
March 03, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
ArthroCare Corporation
Quantity
26,903 devices

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
During functional testing of devices after real time aging, it was determined that product failed to meet shelf-life at the expiration date indicated on the product labels.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

During functional testing of devices after real time aging, it was determined that product failed to meet shelf-life at the expiration date indicated on the product labels.

Code information

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Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution-US (nationwide) and the following countries-Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, China, Hong Kong, India, Lebanon, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arabic Emirates, Vietnam, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Brazil, and Chile.