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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 85141

2 recalled-product records grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
February 17, 2020
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
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

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 2

AB HiResolution Bionic Ear System, HiRes Ultra 3D CI, HiFocus SlimJ Electrode - Product Usage: The device is intended to restore a level of auditory sensation to patients with profound sensorineural deafness via electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve.

Z-2032-2020
Recall number
Z-2032-2020
Initiated
February 17, 2020
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Advanced Bionics, LLC
Quantity
8159 units (CI-1601-04 = 3827 units and CI-1601-05 = 4332 units)

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
hearing performance degradation due to body-fluid entering the device.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Device Design

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Reason for recall

hearing performance degradation due to body-fluid entering the device.

Code information

Model Numbers: CI 1601 04 - HiRes Ultra 3D with HF Mid-Scala Electrode CI 1601 05 - HiRes Ultra 3D with HF SlimJ Electrode Lot Numbers - 1000000 thru 1999999.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Canada, Brazil, Bangladesh, Switzerland, China, Australia, India, South Korea, Thailand, Ecuador, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Japan, Argentina, Peru, Singapore, China, New Zealand, Vietnam, Dominican Republic Refer to uploaded consignee lists in Associated Documents: Exhibit 05_ConsigneeList_Center_17FEB2020 Exhibit 06_ConsigneeList_Professionals_17FEB2020 Exhibit 07_ConsigneeList_Patients_17RFEB2020

device · product 2 of 2

AB HiResolution Bionic Ear System, HiRes Ultra CI, MS Electrode - Product Usage: The device is intended to restore a level of auditory sensation to patients with profound sensorineural deafness via electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve.

Z-2033-2020
Recall number
Z-2033-2020
Initiated
February 17, 2020
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Advanced Bionics, LLC
Quantity
14068 units (CI-1600-04 = 9772 units and CI-1600-05 = 4296 units)

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
hearing performance degradation due to body-fluid entering the device.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Device Design

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Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

hearing performance degradation due to body-fluid entering the device.

Code information

Model Numbers: CI 1600 04 - HiRes Ultra with HF Mid-Scala Electrode CI 1600 05 - HiRes Ultra with HF Mid-Scala Electrode Lot Numbers - 1000000 thru 1999999.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Canada, Brazil, Bangladesh, Switzerland, China, Australia, India, South Korea, Thailand, Ecuador, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Japan, Argentina, Peru, Singapore, China, New Zealand, Vietnam, Dominican Republic Refer to uploaded consignee lists in Associated Documents: Exhibit 05_ConsigneeList_Center_17FEB2020 Exhibit 06_ConsigneeList_Professionals_17FEB2020 Exhibit 07_ConsigneeList_Patients_17RFEB2020