Device product
Sterile, single-use, disposable electrosurgical electrode holder. It connects the electrode to the foot activated electric generator. Label reads in part "***GYNEX*** Electrode Handpiece, Foot Activated*** Manufactured for GYNEX***" Gynex catalog number: 950 (Gynex REF 950, Electrode Handpiece) It connects the electrode to the food activated electric generator. Electrodes are used in gynecological procedures, in a physician's office, for cutting to remove tissue and coagulation to control bleeding by the use of high frequency current.
Z-0008-2013
Product summary
- Event
- Event 63253
- Status
- Terminated
- Classification
- Class III
- Quantity
- 19 boxes (containing 12 electorde hand pieces each)
- Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0008-2013
Official wording
Reason: The wrong electrical connector pin was attached to the cord during assembly by the manufacturer. this electrical connector is too big to fit into the port on the foot activated generator. this makes the device unusable.
Code information: Manufacturer's lot number: 54-12-2-21-12.
Distribution pattern: Nationwide Distribution
Derived failure modes
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Unknown
The wrong electrical connector pin was attached to the cord during assembly by the manufacturer. this electrical connector is too big to fit into the port on the foot activated generator. this makes the device unusable.