FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Olympus Corporation of the Americas: ViziShot 2 Single Use Aspiration Needle, 21G- To be used with ultrasound endoscopes for ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) of submucosal and extramural lesions of the tracheobronchial tree and the gastrointestinal tract. Model: NA-U401SX-4021, NA-U401SX-4021-A
- Recall number
- Z-1615-2023
- Recalling firm
- Olympus Corporation of the Americas
- Product
- ViziShot 2 Single Use Aspiration Needle, 21G- To be used with ultrasound endoscopes for ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) of submucosal and extramural lesions of the tracheobronchial tree and the gastrointestinal tract. Model: NA-U401SX-4021, NA-U401SX-4021-A
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2023-03-31
- Posted
- 2023-05-19
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- Product non-conformance pertaining to the angle of the needle does not meet manufacturing specifications and remained unbent, resulting to slight resistance experienced during needle advancement and retraction.
- Root cause
- Employee error
- Action
- Olympus issued Urgent Medical Medical Device Recall letter on 3/31/23 to Endoscopy Department, Pulmonology Department; Risk Management. . Letter states reason for recall, health risk and action to take: 1. Immediately locate any affected products listed in this communication and quarantine these products. 2. Contact our Olympus Customer Service Team at 1-800-848-9024, option 2. Olympus will issue a Return Material Authorization to return any affected product at no charge to you. Olympus will issue a credit to your facility upon return of affected product. 3. Olympus requests that you acknowledge receipt of this letter through the Olympus recall portal. " Go to https://olympusamerica.com/recall and enter the recall number 0422 4. If you have distributed these devices outside your facility, please notify your customers of this matter immediately. Your notification to your customers may be enhanced by including a copy of this letter. Olympus requests that you report complaints, including patient injuries and adverse events, to Olympus. Please report complaints to our Technical Assistance Center (TAC) at 1-800-848-9024, option 1, to report complaints
- Quantity
- 2058 (Boxes; 5 per Box)
- Distribution
- Natiowide Foreign: Canada, Germany
- Lot, serial or model codes
- UDI: 04953170388248 Lot numbers: KR243729 KR248648 KR248652 KR248673 KR248784 KR248785 KR248808 KR249160 KR251593 KR257313 KR257314 KR264662 KR264697 KR264708 KR264711 KR264726 KR264732 KR264746 KR264751 KR264778 KR264806 KR276770
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K160098"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- FCG
- Firm FEI
- 2429304
- Firm city
- Center Valley
- Firm state
- PA
- 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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