FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Argon Medical Devices, Inc: Argon Medical Devices, ArgoGuide Hydrophilic NiTi Guidewire, K011905, Catalog Number: 00-AG387319, .038/150cm, stiff/straight/standard, sold as a single hydrophilic guidewire in both sterile and bulk non-sterile packaging configurations. Argon Medical Devices, Inc. Athens, TX 75751
- Recall number
- Z-0889-2008
- Recalling firm
- Argon Medical Devices, Inc
- Product
- Argon Medical Devices, ArgoGuide Hydrophilic NiTi Guidewire, K011905, Catalog Number: 00-AG387319, .038/150cm, stiff/straight/standard, sold as a single hydrophilic guidewire in both sterile and bulk non-sterile packaging configurations. Argon Medical Devices, Inc. Athens, TX 75751
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2007-11-19
- Posted
- 2008-01-31
- Terminated
- 2008-06-05
- Reason
- Degradation -- Hydrophilic guidewires may exhibit degradation of blue Pebax cladding causing particulate to dislodge potentially resulting in embolism.
- Root cause
- Process design
- Action
- Argon Medical sent an Urgent Product Recall letter to consignees on 11/15/2007. They requested that users immediately quarantine and return any product remaining at their facility, utilizing instruction on response card. Distributors were directed to issue the recall to their customers and return all retrieved product to Argon.
- Quantity
- 90
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- USA including states of FL, KS, NV, IL, CA, NY, CO, VA, MD, NC, UT, GA, MI, NJ, TN, MA, and CT, and countries of The Netherlands, Germany, and Turkey.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot Number: 99503850
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K011905"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- DQX
- Firm FEI
- 1625425
- Firm city
- Athens
- Firm state
- TX
- 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
- Source file
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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