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Event 83459

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
February 20, 2019
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Karl Storz Endoscopy

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

FLEXIBLE NEURO-FIBERSCOPE, 3.7MM X 34CM, Model # 11282BN1

Z-2425-2019
Recall number
Z-2425-2019
Initiated
February 20, 2019
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Karl Storz Endoscopy
Quantity
22 scopes

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The action is being initiated due to Flexible Neuroscopes manufactured with the incorrect channel port.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

The action is being initiated due to Flexible Neuroscopes manufactured with the incorrect channel port.

Code information

SERIAL NUMBER: 2161516, 2204079, 2172240, 2198276, 2062041, 2178784, 2198341, 2220959, 2210200, 2183837, 2188370, 2247464, 2248783, 2194154, 2244117, 2039298

Distribution pattern

US: FL, MO, MA, AL,CA, OH, PA,NH, OR, WA, MI, NC, CA, VA