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Device product

Visualase Visualization Stylets PN 020-2301. The individual components within the Visualase Body Accessory Kit are packaged in Tyvek pouches. The packaged devices are then placed into a cardboard box which is labeled with the Body Accessory Kit label. Labeled sterile. The visualization stylet is constructed of titanium and used during Visualase laser ablation procedures by inserting it into intracorporeal catheter lumens for improved catheter stiffness and MRI visualization during procedures

Z-0322-2017

September 01, 2016

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
Event
Event 75124
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
100 total units
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0322-2017

Official wording

Reason: Medtronic Navigation, Inc. announces a voluntary field action for the Visualase Visualization Stylets and Visualase Body Accessory Kit because when the Visualization Stylet is placed in the magnetic field of a magnetic resonance imaging system it pulls and/or bends toward the field.

Code information: Lot number 151481

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - US including CA, GA, FL, and TX. Internationally to Australia.

Derived failure modes

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    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Medtronic Navigation, Inc. announces a voluntary field action for the Visualase Visualization Stylets and Visualase Body Accessory Kit because when the Visualization Stylet is placed in the magnetic field of a magnetic resonance imaging system it pulls and/or bends toward the field.