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Pelton & Crane Company: Pelton & Crane Spirit 3000 dental operative unit with the TLC SAFEdrive option, 1727 Fuehauf Dr. Charlotte, NC 28273 Product Usage: The intended use of the dental operative unit is for supplying power and to serve as a base for other dental devices, such as a dental hand piece, air/water syringe, oral cavity evacuator, a suction operative unit, and other dental devices. The TLC SAFEdrive option is an optional feature that monitors the operation of the high speed hand piece and gives an audible and visual signal to let the user know if the hand piece is potentially damaged or heating up.
- Recall number
- Z-1177-2012
- Recalling firm
- Pelton & Crane Company
- Product
- Pelton & Crane Spirit 3000 dental operative unit with the TLC SAFEdrive option, 1727 Fuehauf Dr. Charlotte, NC 28273 Product Usage: The intended use of the dental operative unit is for supplying power and to serve as a base for other dental devices, such as a dental hand piece, air/water syringe, oral cavity evacuator, a suction operative unit, and other dental devices. The TLC SAFEdrive option is an optional feature that monitors the operation of the high speed hand piece and gives an audible and visual signal to let the user know if the hand piece is potentially damaged or heating up.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-02-20
- Posted
- 2012-03-06
- Terminated
- 2012-03-28
- Reason
- Modification of the Pelton & Crane Spirit 3000 unit disabled the TLC SAFEdrive feature rendering it ineffective in detecting whether the handpiece is potentially damaged or heating up.
- Root cause
- Employee error
- Action
- Pelton & Crane sent an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter dated February 20, 2012 to all affected customers. The letter identifies the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. The letter states that a Pelton & Crane representative will be contacting the customers to schedule a service appointment with the end user of the device so that the affected TLC SAFEdrive circuit board can be replaced and returned to Pelton & Crane. Customers were instructed to complete the attached Recall Acknowledgement/Return Form and fax it to Pelton & Crane, attention Frank Ray, at (704) 587-7250. The letter also requested customers to mail the original Recall Acknowledgement/Return Form in the enclosed self addressed stamped envelope.
- Quantity
- 2 units
- Distribution
- (USA) Nationwide Distribution
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Model #SET30, Catalog #3120, Serial numbers 4096 and 4099.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K946187"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- EIA
- Firm FEI
- 1017522
- Firm city
- Charlotte
- Firm state
- NC
- 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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- Published
- 2026-09-28
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