FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Medtronic: Covidien Clearify Visualization System Item Code: 21-345 Intended to be used prior to and during endoscopic and laparoscopic procedures to prevent fogging of the scope as well as clean the scope lens
- Recall number
- Z-0889-2017
- Recalling firm
- Medtronic
- Product
- Covidien Clearify Visualization System Item Code: 21-345 Intended to be used prior to and during endoscopic and laparoscopic procedures to prevent fogging of the scope as well as clean the scope lens
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2016-10-04
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2018-08-08
- Reason
- Product sterility is compromised due to breach of the sterile barrier
- Root cause
- Employee error
- Action
- Covidien issued an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter on October 4, 2016 and a corrected letter on October 10, 2016 to US Customers via Federal Express. The letter instructs customers to discontinue use of the product and return all inventory to Medtronic (Covidien), 195 McDermott Road, North Haven, CT 06473, Attention: Field Returns Department. Disposition of product within Medtronic control and customer returned devices will be reworked. Questions or concerns, contact your Medtronic representative or customer service at 800-882-5878.
- Quantity
- 1,293,169 systems
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - US (Nationwide) Foreign: Austria Belgium Bulgaria Brazil Chile Cyprus Denmark Egypt Finland France France Germany Greece Hungary Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kenya Kuwait Latvia Luxembourg Mexico Namibia Netherlands Nigeria Norway Poland Portugal Romania Saudi Arabia Serbia Slovakia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lots beginning with: P4J, P4K, P4L, P4M, P5A, P5B, P5C, P5D, P5E, P5F, P5G, P5H, P5J, P5K, P5L, P5M, P6A, P6B, P6C, P6D and lots P6E0016GX,P6E0049GX P6E0050GX, P6E0051GX, P6E0052GX, P6E0163GX, P6E0164GX, P6E0212GX
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K062779"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- FEI
- Firm FEI
- 1219930
- Firm city
- North Haven
- Firm state
- CT
- 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
- Source file retained · verify
- 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