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Covidien Surgiwand" II Suction and Irrigation Device: Electrosurgical, cutting & coagulation & accessories22 Product Number/CFN: 178083, 178093, 178094

Z-1411-2021

March 05, 2021

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Covidien
Event
Event 87542
Status
Ongoing
Classification
Class II
Quantity
59,828 devices
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1411-2021

Official wording

Reason: Investigations related to customer complaints received for particulate matter inside of the Surgiwand" II device tubing components identified the root cause as a damaged Y-Connector component which connects the tubing to the device. This damage was determined to generate the particulate matter observed and is created during the assembly process for connecting the tubing component to the Y-Connector.

Code information: UDI-Device Identifier (GTIN/UPN): 10884523000887, 20884523000884 UDI-Device Identifier (GTIN/UPN): 10884523000900, 20884523000907 UDI-Device Identifier (GTIN/UPN): 10884523000917, 20884523000914

Distribution pattern: Domestic: AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, UT, WA, WI, WV. Foreign: Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad And Tobago, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritius, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom.

Derived failure modes

  • Foreign material or chemical contamination

    reason.foreign_material_chemical_contamination · v1.0.0

    particulate matter