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Event 84617

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 18, 2019
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class III
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Advanced Bionics, 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

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device · product 1 of 1

HiResolution Bionic Ear System HiRes 90K Advantage CI HiFocus MS Electrode REF CI-1500-04. Cochlear Implant.

Z-1259-2020
Recall number
Z-1259-2020
Initiated
March 18, 2019
Classification
Class III
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Advanced Bionics, LLC
Quantity
4

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Three materials used in the makeup of the implant were mistakenly left off the list of bio-compatible materials in the firm's previously approved submission to the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) of Japan.

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Reason for recall

Three materials used in the makeup of the implant were mistakenly left off the list of bio-compatible materials in the firm's previously approved submission to the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) of Japan.

Code information

All Lots, UDI (01)07630016832185 Not distributed within the US

Distribution pattern

No US distribution OUS: Japan