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Civco Medical Instruments Co. Inc.: CIVCO Sales Demo Kit. REF DEMOGPGUIDE Large Gauge Infiniti Plus Needle Guides, used in needle-guided (or catheter) procedures with diagnostic ultrasound transducers.

Recall number
Z-0290-2016
Recalling firm
Civco Medical Instruments Co. Inc.
Product
CIVCO Sales Demo Kit. REF DEMOGPGUIDE Large Gauge Infiniti Plus Needle Guides, used in needle-guided (or catheter) procedures with diagnostic ultrasound transducers.
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2015-10-21
Posted
2015-11-17
Terminated
2017-02-28
Reason
Sterility of the product cannot be assured.
Root cause
Process design
Action
Civco Medical Solutions sent an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter dated October 19, 2015, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to return all affected needle guides. If the needle guide is contained within a kit, only the needle guide from the kit needs to be returned. The communication contains a response form to be completed and returned by the customer. The customer filling out the response form is asked to acknowledge receipt of the recall notice and indicate the number and type of affected product they are returning. Customers withh questions were instructed to call 800-445-6741 or 319-248-6757 or email order@civco.com. For questions regarding this recall call 319-248-6502.
Quantity
54 boxes
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) and Internationally to AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA (MAINLAND), CHINA (TAIWAN), CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ECUADOR, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, HONG KONG, INDIA, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, KUWAIT, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, POLAND, PUERTO RICO, QATAR, SOUTH AFRICA, ROMANIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SOUTH KOREA, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TURKEY, UGANDA, UKRAINE, and UNITED KINGDOM.
Lot, serial or model codes
M116270, M119900, M121920, M125640, M130290, M170900, M185950, M204790, M211280, M215550, M235410, M240880, M252870, M303130, M320620, M320660, M346050, M368820, M379870, M391260, M395270, M418200, M476020, M497220, M508200, M594740, M598320, and M624430
510(k) numbers
["K093713"]
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
ITX
Firm FEI
1937223
Firm city
Kalona
Firm state
IA
Firm country
not on file

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