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Event 73630

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 15, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • 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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Boston Scientific TSX Transseptal Needle, Model Number M004TSX60o; Used to create the primary puncture in the interatrial septum when passing an intruder and/or catheter through the septum from the right side of the heart to the left side.

Z-1375-2016
Recall number
Z-1375-2016
Initiated
March 15, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
25

App-derived interpretation

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Merit Medical Systems, Inc. is voluntarily conducting a recall of one lot of the TSX" Transseptal Needle due to a discrepancy between the labeling and the actual configuration of the device in the packaging. The curve dimensional values on the labels of this lot incorrectly indicate a 50¿ curve, rather than the correct 86¿ curve

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. is voluntarily conducting a recall of one lot of the TSX" Transseptal Needle due to a discrepancy between the labeling and the actual configuration of the device in the packaging. The curve dimensional values on the labels of this lot incorrectly indicate a 50¿ curve, rather than the correct 86¿ curve

Code information

Lot Q823423, Exp 7/31/2018

Distribution pattern

Distributed to one customer in the US.