FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Cardiovascular Systems Inc: ViperWire Advance Peripheral Guide Wire with Flex Tip, Model No. VPR-GW-FT18. Sterilized with Ethylene Oxide. The guide wire is a smooth, stainless steel wire, with a silicone coating, and a radiopaque distal spring tip. The guide wire allows for proper positioning of the device crown within peripheral arteries and provides a center of rotation for the device drive shaft. The guide wire torquer is a small, plastic accessory, packaged with the guide wire, and provides a gripping surface for manipulating the guide wire, if desired.
- Recall number
- Z-1771-2017
- Recalling firm
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc
- Product
- ViperWire Advance Peripheral Guide Wire with Flex Tip, Model No. VPR-GW-FT18. Sterilized with Ethylene Oxide. The guide wire is a smooth, stainless steel wire, with a silicone coating, and a radiopaque distal spring tip. The guide wire allows for proper positioning of the device crown within peripheral arteries and provides a center of rotation for the device drive shaft. The guide wire torquer is a small, plastic accessory, packaged with the guide wire, and provides a gripping surface for manipulating the guide wire, if desired.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2017-03-03
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2017-11-28
- Reason
- Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. is recalling one lot of ViperWire Advance with Flextip, model VPR-GW-FT18 because it may contain a 0.014" ViperWire Advance Flextip product instead of the 0.018" ViperWire Advance with Flextip.
- Root cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Action
- Customers were sent an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter beginning March 03, 2017. The letter identified affected product, reason for recall, and asked for affected devices to be removed from use and return to CSI. Questions can be directed to CSI Customer Service at 877-274-0901, or your CSI Sales Representative.
- Quantity
- 186 devices
- Distribution
- Nationwide distribution in the states of AR, AZ, CO, FL, GA, HI, IN, KS, KY, LA, MS. NC, NM, RI, TX, VA
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot 156032
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K151260"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- MCW
- Firm FEI
- 3004742232
- Firm city
- Saint Paul
- Firm state
- MN
- 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
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