FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Boston Scientific Corp: Vaxcel Implantable Vascular Access System - Titanium Mini-Port with PASV Valve and 8F Silicone Catheter, REF/Catalog No. 45-220, UPN/Material No. M001452200
- Recall number
- Z-0631-2007
- Recalling firm
- Boston Scientific Corp
- Product
- Vaxcel Implantable Vascular Access System - Titanium Mini-Port with PASV Valve and 8F Silicone Catheter, REF/Catalog No. 45-220, UPN/Material No. M001452200,
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2006-09-27
- Posted
- 2007-03-15
- Terminated
- 2007-11-26
- Reason
- Sterile barrier may have been compromised. Firm received one complaint which demonstrated that the inner and outer seals of the port tray packaging had been compromised.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- On 9/27/06, Boston Scientific Corp. sent Urgent Medical Device Recall - Immediate Action Required letters (dated 9/27/06) via Federal Express to the 84 end users (medical facilities). The letters informed the users of the recall of the products due to a compromised sterile barrier. The letters instructed the users to immediately remove the affected lots from inventory, segregate them, contact Boston Scientific at 1-800-862-1284 to obtain a Return Authorization (RGA) number, return the product in an appropriate shipping carton, place the label on the outside of the shipping box, write the RGA # on the outside of the shipping carton, and return the recalled product to Boston Scientific Corp. Distribution Center, Attn: QA Returns, 500 Commander Shea Blvd., Quincy, MA 02171. Accompanying each letter was a Reply Verification Tracking Form to be completed by the user, and mailed or faxed back to Boston Scientific.
- Quantity
- Domestic - 42
- Distribution
- Nationwide
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot 1137368
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K030083"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LJT
- Firm FEI
- 3017892510
- Firm city
- Glens Falls
- Firm state
- NY
- Firm country
- not on file
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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
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- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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