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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Device product

INSTAT - Agent, Absorbable Hemostatic, Collagen Based INSTAT MCH is recommended for use in surgical procedures (other than Urological and Ophthalmological surgery) as an adjunct to hemostatis when control of bleeding by ligature or conventional procedures is ineffective or impractical.

Z-1288-2013

March 28, 2013

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Integra LifeSciences Corporation
Event
Event 64778
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
17, 616 boxes
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1288-2013

Official wording

Reason: Due to the process deviation, product lots in question may have been released with higher levels of pyrogens than permitted by the specifications for the products.

Code information: 1105177, 1105178 1110143, 1110227 1110228, 1110229 1110230, 1110233 1110786, 1110787 1111356, 1105179 111023 1, 1110232 1110785

Distribution pattern: Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) including Puerto Rico and countries of: Arab Emirates, Argentina, Belgium, Brasil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Peru, Singapore, Thailand, and South Africa.

Derived failure modes

  • Manufacturing or process control

    reason.manufacturing_process_control · v1.0.0

    process deviation