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Given Imaging Inc: Given Diagnostic System with PillCam SB Capsule - Gastrointestinal capsule imaging system. The device is an ingestible telemetric gastrointestinal capsule imaging system is used for visualization of the small bowel mucosa as an adjunctive tool in the detection of abnormalities of the small bowel. The device captures images of the small bowel with a wireless camera contained in a capsule. This device includes an ingestible capsule (containing a light source, camera, transmitter, and battery), an antenna array, a receiving/recording unit, a data storage device, computer software to process the images, and accessories.
- Recall number
- Z-1447-2008
- Recalling firm
- Given Imaging Inc
- Product
- Given Diagnostic System with PillCam SB Capsule - Gastrointestinal capsule imaging system. The device is an ingestible telemetric gastrointestinal capsule imaging system is used for visualization of the small bowel mucosa as an adjunctive tool in the detection of abnormalities of the small bowel. The device captures images of the small bowel with a wireless camera contained in a capsule. This device includes an ingestible capsule (containing a light source, camera, transmitter, and battery), an antenna array, a receiving/recording unit, a data storage device, computer software to process the images, and accessories.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2007-12-13
- Posted
- 2008-08-20
- Terminated
- 2010-11-15
- Reason
- The cards included in the product's education kit (proposing a clinical algorithm for capsule endoscopy in patients with suspected Crohn's disease), were printed incorrectly.
- Root cause
- Employee error
- Action
- Consignees were notified by letter on 12/13/2007. The letter contains a diagram illustrating the error on the incorrect card and a diagram illustrating the corrected card. Consignees were instructed to discard the incorrect card if they still have it and to complete a response form and return it via fax to Given Imaging.
- Quantity
- 1392 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution --- US including Puerto Rico and country of Canada
- Lot, serial or model codes
- GMB-0253-01-GLR Card-Proposed Diagnostic Algorithm for Suspected Crohn's Disease.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- NEZ
- Firm FEI
- 3003141635
- Firm city
- Duluth
- Firm state
- GA
- 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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