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Device product

Medtronic Passive Planar Blunt Probe Part Number 960-556, also included in Part Number Kits: 9732540, 9732622, 9733174, 9733935. As part of kits, the product is either packaged with other instruments or into a holding tray. The Passive Planar Blunt Probe is an optically tracked, reusable instrument used in navigated surgery and is included with Medtronic cranial instrument kits. It is designed for use in patient registration and palpating brain tissue during surgical procedures.

Z-1794-2015

May 05, 2015

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
Event
Event 71278
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
18
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1794-2015

Official wording

Reason: Passive Planar Blunt Probe (Lot# 150223) was manufactured with a sharp tip rather than a blunt tip.

Code information: lot number 150223

Distribution pattern: US Distribution to the states of : CA, MO, LA and PA., and Internationally to Ireland.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Passive Planar Blunt Probe (Lot# 150223) was manufactured with a sharp tip rather than a blunt tip.