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Device product

Boston Scientific: Expel" Drainage Catheter with Twist-Loc" Hub APDL Drainage Catheter and APDL Drainage Catheter Kit, Expel" Drainage Catheter APD Drainage Catheter, Expel" Large Capacity Drainage Catheter APD Large Capacity Drainage Catheter.

Z-1336-2015

February 25, 2015

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Boston Scientific Corporation
Event
Event 70632
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
918
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1336-2015

Official wording

Reason: Boston Scientific is initiating this Medical Device Field Correction of the Expel" APD and APDL Drainage Catheters. To date, Boston Scientific has received one complaint for device fragmentation after an Expel" APD catheter was implanted in the biliary system. The most serious foreseeable patient risk for this issue is additional intervention for fragment retrieval using minimally invasive meth

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Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - US Distribution to the states of : CA, LA, FL, WI, NY, IL, MD and OH., and to the countries of: Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Netherlands and Portugal.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Boston Scientific is initiating this Medical Device Field Correction of the Expel" APD and APDL Drainage Catheters. To date, Boston Scientific has received one complaint for device fragmentation after an Expel" APD catheter was implanted in the biliary system. The most serious foreseeable patient risk for this issue is additional intervention for fragment retrieval using minimally invasive meth