FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Surgical Specialties Puerto Rico Inc. dba Angiotech PR Inc.: "***Sharpoint IQ Geometry Slit Knife Angled, Bevel Up***Surgical Specialties Corporation Reading, PA***REF 72-3240***" Ophthalmic surgery
- Recall number
- Z-0204-2013
- Recalling firm
- Surgical Specialties Puerto Rico Inc. dba Angiotech PR Inc.
- Product
- "***Sharpoint IQ Geometry Slit Knife Angled, Bevel Up***Surgical Specialties Corporation Reading, PA***REF 72-3240***" Ophthalmic surgery
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-08-15
- Posted
- 2012-11-05
- Terminated
- 2014-01-13
- Reason
- Potential for bent tips.
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- Angiotech sent an Urgent Product Recall Notification letter dated August 15, 2012, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to review the current inventory, segregate the affected lot numbers, and to return the identified product. Customers were asked to complete the attached Customer Acknowledgement Form and fax to the Quality Assurance department at 787-658-1073. If product was further distributed customers should notify their customers to whom they sold the affected product. Customers with questions should call 787-658-1800 option 2 ext. 1775 or 787-658-1800 option 2 ext 1807. For questions regarding this recall call 787-658-1800.
- Quantity
- 117,948 units (total)
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - USA including DE,IL, NC, CA, CO, GA, KY, PA, MD, MN, NY, and MA and internationally to Austria, UAE, China, Argentina, Italy, Taiwan, Czech Republic, Australia, UK, India, Germany, Spain, France, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Lebanon, Korea, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Pakistan, Tunisia, Serbia, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Truk, Belgium, and New Zealand
- Lot, serial or model codes
- MAKR840, MALZ570, MALZ580, MAMQ990, MAMR000, MANP250, MAPR320, MAQD910
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- GES
- Firm FEI
- 3008845715
- Firm city
- Aguadilla
- Firm state
- not on file
- Firm country
- PR
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- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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