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Event 86484

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
September 22, 2020
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class I
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Flexicare Medical Ltd.

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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ProVu Single Use Video Stylet with ET Tube, Part/Size: 038-990-080U/ 8.0, 038-990-075U/ 7.5, 038-990-070U/ 7.0, 038-990-065U/ 6.5 *Note: product list updated per 12/23/2020 letter to customers

Z-0497-2021
Recall number
Z-0497-2021
Initiated
September 22, 2020
Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Flexicare Medical Ltd.
Quantity
2087

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
When the video stylet cuff is over-inflated there is potential for occlusion of the corrugated section of the ETT, and increased resistance to gas flow and difficulty in ventilating the patient.

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Reason for recall

When the video stylet cuff is over-inflated there is potential for occlusion of the corrugated section of the ETT, and increased resistance to gas flow and difficulty in ventilating the patient.

Code information

Part/ Lot: 038-990-080U/ 191102901, 200300486, 200300539, 200500068, 200500069, 200803210, 191201567, 200904316, 200904319; 038-990-075U/ 191102900, 200100157, 200300535, 200300536, 200300537, 200402330, 200402331, 200402333, 200402334, 200402335, 200402336, 200402337, 200403976, 200404287, 200500991, 200500992, 200501790; 038-990-070U/ 201000813, 201100558; 038-990-065U/ 201000808, 202002462 *Note: product and lot number list updated per 12/23/2020 letter to customers

Distribution pattern

US nationwide distribution.