FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Medtronic Neurosurgery: Medtronic Innervision Snap Shunt Ventricular Catheter, BioGlide, Catalog Number 27782J. Sizes: 4.5 CM in length, REF (240) 27782J. Each catheter is provided in a sealed Tyvek plastic tray placed within a sealed Tyvek/Mylar pouch. The sealed pouch is then placed within a chipboard carton along with product IFU and patient wallet cards. The product is ETO sterilized.
- Recall number
- Z-1126-2009
- Recalling firm
- Medtronic Neurosurgery
- Product
- Medtronic Innervision Snap Shunt Ventricular Catheter, BioGlide, Catalog Number 27782J. Sizes: 4.5 CM in length, REF (240) 27782J. Each catheter is provided in a sealed Tyvek plastic tray placed within a sealed Tyvek/Mylar pouch. The sealed pouch is then placed within a chipboard carton along with product IFU and patient wallet cards. The product is ETO sterilized.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2009-02-12
- Posted
- 2009-03-27
- Terminated
- 2010-11-08
- Reason
- The ventricular catheters may become detached from the Snap Base assembly after implantation and this condition may increase the need for emergency revision surgery.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- An Urgent - Medical Device Recall notification was sent on February 13,2009 to the attention of risk managers, advising them to cease use of the Innervision Snap Shunt Ventricular Catheter, BioGlide, Catalog Number 27782 ( all versions and all lot numbers), the Snap Shunt Ventricular Catheter, BioGlide, Catalog Number 27802 ( all versions and all lot numbers), and the Snap Shunt Ventricular Catheter, BioGlide, Catalog Number 27708 ( all version and all lot numbers). Each customer is to cease the use of the listed product and any unused unit needs to be returned to Medtronic. Further, each account is required to account for product used/implanted and to advise surgeons of the recall information. Each account will recieved an individualized Customer Product Reconciliation Form provided by their Medtronic Sales Representative for determining the status of any product shipped to them.
- Quantity
- 3048 of all units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- USA, Ireland, and Australia.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- All Lots
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K792007","K874498","K951258","K983331"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JXG
- Firm FEI
- 3015531529
- Firm city
- Goleta
- Firm state
- CA
- 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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