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Event 80227

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 11, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Arrow International 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

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device · product 1 of 1

Multi-Lumen Central Venous Catheterization Set with Blue FlexTip Catheter, CS-15853-E Product CVCs are intended to permit venous access to the central circulation through a single puncture site by way of the femoral, jugular, or subclavian veins.

Z-2336-2018
Recall number
Z-2336-2018
Initiated
May 11, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Arrow International Inc
Quantity
1200

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The recalling firm has received complaints related to increased resistance encountered when introducing the CVC over the spring wire guide. This may lead to procedural delay, and there may be need of medical intervention by exchanging the catheter for another CVC catheter.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

The recalling firm has received complaints related to increased resistance encountered when introducing the CVC over the spring wire guide. This may lead to procedural delay, and there may be need of medical intervention by exchanging the catheter for another CVC catheter.

Code information

71F18A0682

Distribution pattern

Distributor in FL. International distribution to Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Greece, and Italy.