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Hu-Friedy Mfg Co, Inc.: HENRY SCHEIN(R) 100-8008 Explorer-Double End #5. Barcode *+H658100800808*. Made in China. For professional use only. Instruments must be cleaned and sterilized prior to use. Distributed by: HENRY SCHEIN, INC. 135 Duryea Road, Melville, NY 11747 USA. This product is a dental explorer made of stainless steel packaged individually within a sleeve and containing a cardboard insert (labeling). 510 (k) exempt, Class I device, Device Listing # B057701.
- Recall number
- Z-0834-04
- Recalling firm
- Hu-Friedy Mfg Co, Inc.
- Product
- HENRY SCHEIN(R) 100-8008 Explorer-Double End #5. Barcode *+H658100800808*. Made in China. For professional use only. Instruments must be cleaned and sterilized prior to use. Distributed by: HENRY SCHEIN, INC. 135 Duryea Road, Melville, NY 11747 USA. This product is a dental explorer made of stainless steel packaged individually within a sleeve and containing a cardboard insert (labeling). 510 (k) exempt, Class I device, Device Listing # B057701.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2004-03-29
- Posted
- 2004-07-20
- Terminated
- 2012-08-02
- Reason
- Reports of breakage on some dental explorers were received by the own label distributor and forwarded to Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co. (importer of record & Spec. Setter). Investigation conducted by Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co. revealed that the tips of the instruments may have been improperly heat treated and have the potential for unexpected tip fracture.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- On 3/29/04, Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co. notified Henry Schein, Inc. of the recall by telephone. This was followed up with a letter on 4/2/04. Henry Schein initiated a sub-recall to its customers by sending recall letters and response forms (dated 3/31/04) by First Class Mail on 4/2/04 & 4/5/04. The mailing will be followed up with fax, e-mail or phone calls.
- Quantity
- not on file
- Distribution
- The products were sold to the sole direct account: the Own Label Distributor, Henry Schein, Inc. in Melville, NY. Henry Schein further distributed the explorers to end users nationwide and internationally. Henry Schein Divisions located in Canada, Spain, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Holland, and New Zealand who further distributed the explorers to their customers in Canada and abroad.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Date Codes/Lot Numbers: 0902, 1202, 0103 (0902 represents September 2002, 1202 represents December 2002, & 0103 represents January 2003); Product Code/Mfr. Part Code 100-8008.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- EKB
- Firm FEI
- 1416605
- Firm city
- Chicago
- Firm state
- IL
- 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
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- 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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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28