FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
International Biophysics Corp.: IBC Vascular Loop Catalog Number CH111, CH112, CH113, CH114, CH115, CH116, CH118 Product Usage: The IBC Vascular Loop is a single-use, disposable loop used in occluding, retracting, and identifying arteries, veins, tendons, and nerves in surgical procedures.
- Recall number
- Z-2424-2015
- Recalling firm
- International Biophysics Corp.
- Product
- IBC Vascular Loop Catalog Number CH111, CH112, CH113, CH114, CH115, CH116, CH118 Product Usage: The IBC Vascular Loop is a single-use, disposable loop used in occluding, retracting, and identifying arteries, veins, tendons, and nerves in surgical procedures.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2015-08-07
- Posted
- 2015-08-19
- Terminated
- 2016-03-01
- Reason
- It was discovered that the heat seal placed onto sterile pouches may not meet strength acceptance criteria.
- Root cause
- Packaging process control
- Action
- The recalling firm began notifying their affacted customers on 7/2/2015
- Quantity
- 771 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide - United States Nationwide and the countries of: Germany, Norway, Turkey, Chile, Pakistan, and Republic of South Africa
- Lot, serial or model codes
- 031715-3418, 050815-3513, 052115-3540, 033015-3435, 052115-3542, 031615-3417, 050815-3514, 052115-3543, 033015-3436, 050815-3515, 060915-3578, 041715-3478, 033015-3437, 050815-3516, 052215-3545, 042015-3482, 052115-3541
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- DWS
- Firm FEI
- 1000117854
- Firm city
- Austin
- Firm state
- TX
- 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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