Skip to content
Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Device product

15 g R.K. Epidural Needle (TW), Catalog #/REF #100-1415 Intended for the epidural placement, directly or through an epidural catheter, of anesthetic agents to elicit regional anesthesia

Z-0086-2017

April 22, 2016

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Epimed International, Inc.
Event
Event 74018
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
576 units
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0086-2017

Official wording

Reason: There is a possibility that the needles may have the potential to skive a catheters outer coating. If this were to occur, there exists the risk that a portion of the catheter could remain in the patient, which may require otherwise unnecessary medical invention.

Code information: 1) Spectra Lot# GC091702 (Epimed manufacturing lot # 2801501, Sterile Lot # 12157181) 2) Spectra Lot# GC101871 (Epimed manufacturing lot # 3211503, Sterile Lot # 12157445) 3) Spectra Lot# GC101897 (Epimed manufacturing lot # 3161501, Sterile Lot # 12157325)

Distribution pattern: US Distribution to the states of : AL, AK, FL, IN, TN & TX

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    There is a possibility that the needles may have the potential to skive a catheters outer coating. If this were to occur, there exists the risk that a portion of the catheter could remain in the patient, which may require otherwise unnecessary medical invention.