FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Medtronic, Inc.: 6 F BardSelect 11cm Percutaneous Catheter Introducer Set Ref: 060A11 Percutaneous catheter introducer sets, including sheath, dilator, guide wire and needle, are used to facilitate placing a catheter through the skin into a vein or artery. Percutaneous introducers are recommended for initial percutaneous introduction or the exchange of intravascular devices. Guide wire introducer needles are used for percutaneous puncture and insertion into the blood vessel. The guide wire is then inserted through the cannula of the introducer needle at the puncture site. The cannula is then removed to allow insertion of the percutaneous catheter introducer following removal of the guide wire introducer needle.
- Recall number
- Z-0442-2009
- Recalling firm
- Medtronic, Inc.
- Product
- 6 F BardSelect 11cm Percutaneous Catheter Introducer Set Ref: 060A11 Percutaneous catheter introducer sets, including sheath, dilator, guide wire and needle, are used to facilitate placing a catheter through the skin into a vein or artery. Percutaneous introducers are recommended for initial percutaneous introduction or the exchange of intravascular devices. Guide wire introducer needles are used for percutaneous puncture and insertion into the blood vessel. The guide wire is then inserted through the cannula of the introducer needle at the puncture site. The cannula is then removed to allow insertion of the percutaneous catheter introducer following removal of the guide wire introducer needle.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2008-10-07
- Posted
- 2008-12-02
- Terminated
- 2011-06-07
- Reason
- Failure to insert the guidewire through the 18 gauge introducer needle
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- Medtronic notified Medtronic Sales representatives via UPS for hand delivery of the Urgent Notification of Product Recall letter to the affected customers on 10/7/08 advising users to segregate the product so that it would not be used. The letter stated that a Medtronic Sales Rep would visit the site to account for all units that were received and would initiate a credit, as appropriate. Customers were requested to cooperate and assist with completing the necessary documentation.
- Quantity
- 2,585 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution --- USA including states of IL and FL, and countries of Belgium, Honduras, and Germany.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot Number: 20105869 and 20111254
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K955785"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- DYB
- Firm FEI
- 1220452
- Firm city
- Danvers
- Firm state
- MA
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- 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
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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