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Event 79735

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 15, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Covidien LLC

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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LigaSure" Exact Dissector Nano Coated 20.6mm-21cm Product Usage: A bipolar electrosurgical instrument intended for use in open surgical procedures where ligation and division of vessels, tissue bundles, and lymphatics is desired.

Z-2427-2018
Recall number
Z-2427-2018
Initiated
March 15, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Covidien LLC
Quantity
936

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Devices were found with a sterile breach (puncture) in the pouch from a sort of 8,064 packaged devices.

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Reason for recall

Devices were found with a sterile breach (puncture) in the pouch from a sort of 8,064 packaged devices.

Code information

Lot #s 72550127X 72770140X 72770141X 73000048X

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution in the countries of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Swede, Switzerland and United Kingdom