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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Device product

Edwards Lifesciences Swan-Ganz Thermodilution VIP Catheters Model 131HVF7P. For use in patients who require hemodynamic monitoring.

Z-2192-2012

May 11, 2012

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Edwards Lifesciences, LLC
Event
Event 62278
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
32,145 units for all products in Recall Event
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-2192-2012

Official wording

Reason: The device is being recalled because the firm received multiple complaints related to passage of a J-tip guidewire when inserted through the distal lumen hub of the catheter.

Code information: 59197000, 59197001, 59216091, 59218827, 59238961

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) and the countries of Canada, Japan, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Asia Pacific, (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, and Taiwan, Thailand), Latin America, (Chile, Colombia, Panama, Mexico, and Honduras).

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    The device is being recalled because the firm received multiple complaints related to passage of a J-tip guidewire when inserted through the distal lumen hub of the catheter.