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Event 87699

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 05, 2021
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

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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GORE VIBIL Biliary Endoprosthesis: stents, drains and dilators for the biliary ducts. Catalogue numbers: VH1008040, VH1010040, VN1010040, VN0808200 - Product Usage: intended for palliation of malignant strictures in the biliary tree.

Z-1593-2021
Recall number
Z-1593-2021
Initiated
April 05, 2021
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
61 devices

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The Gore post market surveillance team received a complaint that a GORE¿ VIABIL¿ Biliary Endoprosthesis appeared shorter than the labeled length.

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Reason for recall

The Gore post market surveillance team received a complaint that a GORE¿ VIABIL¿ Biliary Endoprosthesis appeared shorter than the labeled length.

Code information

Serial Number: 22552467, 22552468, 22552469, 22552470, 22552471, 22552472, 22552473, 22552474, 22552475, 22552476, 22552477, 22552478, 22552479, 22552480, 22552481, 22552482, 22552483, 22552484, 22552756, 22552757, 22552758, 22552759, 22552760, 22552761, 22552762, 22552763, 22552764, 22552765, 22552766, 22552767, 22552768, 22552769, 22552770, 22552771, 22552772, 22552773, 22552774, 22552775, 22552776, 22552777, 22552778, 22552779, 22552780, 22552781, 22552782, 22613929, 22613930, 22613931

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution in the states of AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, KS, MD, MN, NE, NY, OK, RI, TX, VA and the countries of Portugal, Italy.