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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Device product

Renuvion/ J-Plasma Precise Handpiece. Catalog numbers BVX-150B, BVX-270B, BVX-330B, BVX-270BPP, BVX- 330BPS, APYX-150B, APYX-270B, APYX-330B, APYX- 270BPP, and APYX-330BPS. Product Usage: for electrosurgical cutting, coagulation and ablation of soft tissue during open and laparoscopic surgical procedures.

Z-2061-2020

April 20, 2020

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Bovie Medical Corporation
Event
Event 85597
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
38,738
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-2061-2020

Official wording

Reason: Unexpected stress fractures on the shaft of the hand piece may result in fragmentation during clinical use.

Code information: The following Catalog numbers which were distributed from 06/01/2016 through present: BVX-150B, BVX-270B, BVX-330B, BVX-270BPP, BVX- 330BPS, APYX-150B, APYX-270B, APYX-330B, APYX- 270BPP, APYX-330BPS

Distribution pattern: Worldwide distribution - US nationwide including in the states of Puerto Rico, and the countries of CA, JO, CO, MX, BR, CR, PA, KW, CL, MA, ES, TH, PH, IQ, LB, DO, Japan, QA, AE, PE, AU, VN, IL, Lithuania, UAE, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Poland, Germany, Slovakia, Spain, Cyprus, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Norway, Ireland, Hungary, and Croatia.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Unexpected stress fractures on the shaft of the hand piece may result in fragmentation during clinical use.