FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
CooperSurgical, Inc.: Wallace Artificial Insemination Catheter, 180 mm, Sterile, Quantity: 1 Box (10 units), Model: AIC18JP, Cooper Surgical Inc., (01) 2 0888937 021749 - Product Usage: Intended use of the product is the introduction of washed spermatozoa into the uterine cavity.
- Recall number
- Z-1713-2020
- Recalling firm
- CooperSurgical, Inc.
- Product
- Wallace Artificial Insemination Catheter, 180 mm, Sterile, Quantity: 1 Box (10 units), Model: AIC18JP, Cooper Surgical Inc., (01) 2 0888937 021749 - Product Usage: Intended use of the product is the introduction of washed spermatozoa into the uterine cavity.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2020-02-28
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2020-08-11
- Reason
- Expiration date discrepancy. Marked as 5 years. Expiration date should be 3 years.
- Root cause
- Labeling Change Control
- Action
- On 2/28/2020, Cooper Surgical issued a "Medical Device Field Safety Notice" for one lot number (250887) of the Wallace Intra-Uterine Insemination Catheters due to a discrepancy in the expiration dates on the individual pouches, inner and outer boxes. The notice was sent to the Japan authority (PMDA) and affected customers in both English and Japanese. The recall notice states that the affected lot (1170 units) of product manufactured in August 2018 have not resulted in any adverse events and the product is acceptable for use until the expiration date on August 23, 2021. Customers that prefer to return the product or have no product on hand were provided instructions to complete the Acknowledgement and Receipt form.
- Quantity
- not on file
- Distribution
- International distribution to Japan only.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot number 250887
- 510(k) numbers
- K964848
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- MFD
- Firm FEI
- 1216677
- Firm city
- Trumbull
- Firm state
- CT
- 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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