FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Epimed International, Inc.: Feth-R-Kath Catheter, 19g x 24". Intended Use:Radlo Opaque Epidural Catheter Catalog #: 157-1924 Intended for epidural anesthesia and is limited to placement of 72 hours or less
- Recall number
- Z-1276-2021
- Recalling firm
- Epimed International, Inc.
- Product
- Feth-R-Kath Catheter, 19g x 24". Intended Use:Radlo Opaque Epidural Catheter Catalog #: 157-1924 Intended for epidural anesthesia and is limited to placement of 72 hours or less
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2021-02-01
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2022-10-17
- Reason
- Outer coating of the catheter may deteriorate and result in the coating to crack and/or potentially flake off
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- Epimed issued an " URGENT: MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL" letter on 2/1/21via US Mail. Letter states reason for recall, health risk and Actions to be taken by the Customer/User: " Immediately examine your inventory and quarantine product subject to recall. o In addition, if you may have further distributed this product, please identify your customers and notify them at once of this product recall. " Your notification to your customers may be enhanced by including a copy of this recall notification letter. " Once the product has been quarantined, please complete the Recall Response Form in its entirety- indicating product quantity/disposition, and return the enclosed response form as soon as possible. Epimed Contact Information: In addition, please contact our Sales Administrative Assistant, Bobbi Harrington at (518) 848-3914 or bobbih@epimed.com, so that we can arrange for replacement or credit of the affected product. Contact hours are from 6:00am - 4:00pm EST.
- Quantity
- 5835 units
- Distribution
- US Nationwide distribution
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot Numbers: 11247915, 11248510, 11248553, 11248938, 11248985, 11249049
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K954584"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- BSO
- Firm FEI
- 1316297
- Firm city
- Johnstown
- Firm state
- NY
- 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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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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