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Device product

11278V 11278VK CMOS Video Ureteroscope Z17744US-A (04/2016); 11278VA 11278VAK Flexible Video-Uretero-Renoscope (FLEX-XC) Z23117US-BA (10/2020); 11278VU 11278VUK Flexible Video-Uretero-Renoscope (FLEX-XC) Z18447US-BC (03/2018); 11278VUA 11278VUAK Flexible Video-Uretero-Renoscope (FLEX-XC) Z23117US-BA (10/2020);

Z-1068-2022

April 01, 2022

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Karl Storz Endoscopy
Event
Event 89880
Status
Ongoing
Classification
Class II
Quantity
All Serial Numbers manufactured/distributed since January 2018.
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1068-2022

Official wording

Reason: Failure to achieve the expected six-log reduction in microorganisms following the disinfection process.

Code information: 11278V 11278VK CMOS Video Ureteroscope Z17744US-A (04/2016) UDI Code: 4048551276884; 11278VA 11278VAK Flexible Video-Uretero-Renoscope (FLEX-XC) Z23117US-BA (10/2020) UDI Code: 4048551402580; 11278VU 11278VUK Flexible Video-Uretero-Renoscope (FLEX-XC) Z18447US-BC (03/2018) UDI Code: 4048551278239; 11278VUA 11278VUAK Flexible Video-Uretero-Renoscope (FLEX-XC) Z23117US-BA (10/2020) UDI Code: 4048551402634; All Serial Numbers manufactured/distributed since January 2018.

Distribution pattern: U.S.: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, Guam, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA,WI, WV, and WY. O.U.S.: Mexico, Lebanon, and South Korea

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Failure to achieve the expected six-log reduction in microorganisms following the disinfection process.