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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Smiths Medical became aware that one (1) lot of PORT-A-CATH¿ II POWER P.A.C. Low Profile" System (SKU 21-4477-24) was packaged with an 8Fr catheter instead of a 6Fr catheter.
These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.
Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown
An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
Smiths Medical became aware that one (1) lot of PORT-A-CATH¿ II POWER P.A.C. Low Profile" System (SKU 21-4477-24) was packaged with an 8Fr catheter instead of a 6Fr catheter.
