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Event 79903

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 01, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Hobbs Medical, 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

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

Hobbs Bronchial Cytology Brushes, Model Number 4202; 4204; 4206 To be utilized by a trained physician and/or trained personnel through a flexible endoscope when brush cell samples are required for cytological analysis.

Z-2052-2018
Recall number
Z-2052-2018
Initiated
May 01, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Hobbs Medical, Inc.
Quantity
1820 devices

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Device was marketed for uses outside the 510(k) clearance.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Labeling False and Misleading

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Reason for recall

Device was marketed for uses outside the 510(k) clearance.

Code information

H07-17-157 H12-17-004 H10-17-055 H12-17-062 H11-17-101 H12-17-062 H11-17-119 H12-17-064 H11-17-120 H12-17-064 H11-17-121 H12-17-065 H11-17-122 H12-17-066 H11-17-123 H12-17-067 H11-17-124 H01-18-095 H11-17-125 H01-18-096 H11-17-126 H01-18-097 H11-17-127 H01-18-097 H11-17-128 H01-18-098 H11-17-129 H01-18-098 H11-17-130 H01-18-098 H12-17-002 H01-18-099 H12-17-003 H01-18-100 H12-17-003 H01-18-101 H01-18-102

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide Distribution to states of: AZ, CA, GA, IL, MD, NY, TN, TX, and VA.