FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
INNOVATIVE TOMOGRAPHY PRODUCT GMBH: Semi-automatic Biopsy-Needle, ITP innotom.com, CE 0297, STERILE EO for the following article numbers: Article no. BIM 18/10, Length 100 mm, Diameter 18 G (1.25 mm); Article no. BIM 18/15, Length 150 mm, Diameter 18 G (1.25 mm); Article no. BIM 18/20, Length 200 mm, Diameter 18 G (1.25 mm); Article no. BIM 16/10, Length 100 mm, Diameter 16 G (1.6 mm); Article no. BIM 16/15, Length 150 mm, Diameter 16 G (1.6 mm); Article no. BIM 16/20, Length 200 mm, Diameter 16 G (1.6 mm); Article no. BIM 14/10, Length 100 mm, Diameter 14 G (2.1 mm); Article no. BIM 14/15, Length 150 mm, Diameter 14 G (2.1 mm); Article no. BIM 14/20, Length 200 mm, Diameter 14 G (2.1 mm) *NOT DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE US
- Recall number
- Z-2164-2021
- Recalling firm
- INNOVATIVE TOMOGRAPHY PRODUCT GMBH
- Product
- Semi-automatic Biopsy-Needle, ITP innotom.com, CE 0297, STERILE EO for the following article numbers: Article no. BIM 18/10, Length 100 mm, Diameter 18 G (1.25 mm); Article no. BIM 18/15, Length 150 mm, Diameter 18 G (1.25 mm); Article no. BIM 18/20, Length 200 mm, Diameter 18 G (1.25 mm); Article no. BIM 16/10, Length 100 mm, Diameter 16 G (1.6 mm); Article no. BIM 16/15, Length 150 mm, Diameter 16 G (1.6 mm); Article no. BIM 16/20, Length 200 mm, Diameter 16 G (1.6 mm); Article no. BIM 14/10, Length 100 mm, Diameter 14 G (2.1 mm); Article no. BIM 14/15, Length 150 mm, Diameter 14 G (2.1 mm); Article no. BIM 14/20, Length 200 mm, Diameter 14 G (2.1 mm) *NOT DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE US
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2021-04-21
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- Sterility Assurance; Coaxial Interventional Needle labeled as sterile may not have been adequately sterilized
- Root cause
- Vendor change control
- Action
- On April 20, 2021, Innovative Tomography Products GmbH issued a "urgent Safety Information Product Recall" notification to affected consignees via E-Mail. In addition to informing consignees about the recall products, the firm asked consignees mo to take the following actions: 1. We request that you immediately check your stock of the products in question with the LOT numbers indicated. Please block the corresponding products and quarantine them. 2. Please complete the attached response letter and return it to ITP via E-Mail to the following address: Address: ITP GmbH Rckrufunterlagen Universittsstrae 136 44799 Bochum Germany Contact person: Dominik Frmke Tel.: +49 234 54621942 Fax: +49 234 54622444 E-Mail: fraemke@innotom.com 3. Upon receipt of the documents, we will contact you to retrieve and exchange the products. Information sharing: 4. Please inform all persons within your company belonging to the circle of users about this urgent safety
- Quantity
- not on file
- Distribution
- US Nationwide distribution in the state of CA.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Affected Lot Numbers: BIM 18/10: LOT: 4918; BIM 18/15: LOT: 4017, 4918, 4719; BIM 18/20: LOT: 4017, 4918; BIM 16/10: LOT: 4918, 1119, 1219; BIM 16/15: LOT: 4918, 1119; BIM 16/20: LOT: 4918, 1119; BIM 14/10: LOT: 4918, 3019; BIM 14/15: LOT: 4918; BIM 14/20: LOT: 4918
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- GAA
- Firm FEI
- 3014408997
- Firm city
- Bochum
- Firm state
- not on file
- Firm country
- Germany
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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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28