Reported Dec 17, 2014 · Terminated

A uterine tenaculum is a hook-like instrument used to seize and hold the cervix or fundus sold under the CareFusion,…

Instrumed International, Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Instrumed International, Inc. · 626 Cooper Ct · Schaumburg, IL · 60173-4537

Is this the product you have?

  • A uterine tenaculum is a hook-like instrument used to seize and hold the cervix or fundus sold under the CareFusion, Teleflex Medical, Symmetry Surgical brand names. A uterine tenaculum is a hook-like instrument used to seize and hold the cervix or fundus.
Lot codes and dates

36 of 36 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
Emmet Tenaculum Hook, #1 22.9 mm
310-21098Instrumed
Trade Name: CareFusion
CareFusion Product Name: Emmet Tenaculum Hook, #1 22.9 mm
VM29-7112CareFusion
Lot Numbers: 07211, 100213. 2) Instrumed Product Name: Emmet Tenaculum Hook, #1 22.9 mm
310-21113Instrumed
Trade Name: TeleFlex Medical
Teleflex Medical Product Name: Emmet Tenaculum Hook, #1 22.9 mm
VM29-7112Teleflex Medical
Lot Number: 100213. 3) Instrumed Product Name: Emmet Tenaculum Hook, #2, blunt
310-21113Instrumed
Trade Name: CareFusion
CareFusion Product Name: Emmet Tenaculum Hook, #2, blunt
VM29-71131XCareFusion
Lot Number: 110110. 4) Instrumed Product Name : Emmet Tenaculum Hook, #5
310-21138Instrumed
Trade Name: Symmetry Surgical
Symmetry Surgical Product Name: Emmet Tenaculum Hook, #5
20-4205Symmetry Surgical
Amount recalled
26 tenaculum hooks

This recall covers 28 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 27 are below.

15 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

The reason these devices are being withdrawn from the market by Instrumed is that Instrumed did not market these devices prior to September 26, 1976, and therefore, does not meet all FDA requirements to market the devices as "Pre-Amendment" devices.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Nov 29, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:27 PM UTC

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