FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Instrumed International, Inc.: Reusable laparoscopic instruments are packaged as non-sterile. Cleaning and sterilization of devices must occur prior to use. The instruments are intended to be used by qualified physicians to provide access, illumination and visualization of internal structures and for manipulating soft tissue (grasping, cutting, coagulating, dissecting and suturing) in a wide variety of diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopic/ urologic closed and minimally invasive procedures. It is inserted via a trocar sleeve and is used to prepare, coagulate and cut tissue.
- Recall number
- Z-2722-2014
- Recalling firm
- Instrumed International, Inc.
- Product
- Reusable laparoscopic instruments are packaged as non-sterile. Cleaning and sterilization of devices must occur prior to use. The instruments are intended to be used by qualified physicians to provide access, illumination and visualization of internal structures and for manipulating soft tissue (grasping, cutting, coagulating, dissecting and suturing) in a wide variety of diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopic/ urologic closed and minimally invasive procedures. It is inserted via a trocar sleeve and is used to prepare, coagulate and cut tissue.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2014-05-30
- Posted
- 2014-09-30
- Terminated
- 2017-11-29
- Reason
- Additional caution statements have been added to the Instructions For Use for monopolar electrodes. 1) To avoid tissue carbonation, the operation voltage of the HF generator must not exceed 650 peak voltage (Vp) for all monopolar electrodes. and 2) For all monopolar electrodes, the useful life of this product is less than or equal to 50 cycles and less than or equal to 2 years.
- Root cause
- Labeling design
- Action
- Instrumed sent an URGENT: MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION letters dated May 30, 2014 to all consignees. The letters advised the consignees of the new warning statements on the product Instructions For Use and an instruction to complete and return the attached Response Request Form to Instrumed International. Consignees were further instructed to extend the recall to the retail level. For questions contact Instrumed Quality Manager at 847-908-6119.
- Quantity
- 2 instruments
- Distribution
- Distribution US Nationwide in the states of: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, and WY.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- 1) Instrumed Item No.: 250-08930; Ambler Surgical Corporation Catalog Code: J647-6; Lot Number: 060412;
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K060232"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- GEI
- Firm FEI
- 1421101
- Firm city
- Schaumburg
- Firm state
- IL
- 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
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- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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