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Device product

McGrath MAC2 Video Laryngoscope Blades Product supplied in box of 50 items, each individually peel-pouched and EtO sterilized. Product Usage: Single Use, sterile video laryngoscope blade for use with McGRATH MAC Video Laryngoscopes

Z-0494-2015

November 04, 2014

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Aircraft Medical Limited
Event
Event 69805
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
40,900 blades (US); 16,000 blades (Foreign)
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0494-2015

Official wording

Reason: The blade retaining clip may be difficult to engage and thereby increase the possibility of a blade becoming disconnected during intubation, specifically when the device is being retracted from the patients mouth.

Code information: Product Code: 350-017-000. Lot Numbers and Expiration Dates: Lot 13121202, Expires 2016/12/11; Lot 13122301, Expires 2016/12/25; Lot 13042401, Expires 2017/5/5; Lot 14030501, Expires 2017/3/16; Lot 14031814, Expires 2017/3/26; Lot 14061616, Expires 2017/6/25.

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the state of GA and the countries of Austria, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    The blade retaining clip may be difficult to engage and thereby increase the possibility of a blade becoming disconnected during intubation, specifically when the device is being retracted from the patients mouth.