Device product
HEMO-7 Hemospray Endoscopic Hemostat
Z-1745-2020
Product summary
- Event
- Event 84822
- Status
- Terminated
- Classification
- Class II
- Quantity
- 89,423 devices total
- Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1745-2020
Official wording
Reason: Complaints that the handle and/or activation knob on Hemostat devices have cracked or broken when the device is activated. In some cases, this has caused the carbon dioxide cartridge to exit the handle. Most of these complaints reported that the carbon dioxide cartridge exited the handle with minimal force. However, some complaints reported that the carbon dioxide cartridge exited the handle with the potential to project towards a user or a patient.
Code information: All Lot numbers manufactured 01/16/2017 - 01/15/2020 of both the following: HEMO-7 Order Number G56572 HEMO-10 Order Number G21049
Distribution pattern: Nationwide distribution. International distribution to Bahrain, Belarus, Canary Islands, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Guernsey, Iraq, Israel, Jersey, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Martinique, Monaco, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Reunion, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Unites States, Canada, Netherlands Antilles, Chile, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, Brunei Dassalarum, Hong Kong, Korea, Myanmar, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Argentina, Brazil, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey, Croatia
Derived failure modes
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Unknown
Complaints that the handle and/or activation knob on Hemostat devices have cracked or broken when the device is activated. In some cases, this has caused the carbon dioxide cartridge to exit the handle. Most of these complaints reported that the carbon dioxide cartridge exited the handle with minimal force. However, some complaints reported that the carbon dioxide cartridge exited the handle with the potential to project towards a user or a patient.