Reported Dec 17, 2014 · Terminated

An endometrial suction curette is a device used to remove material from the uterus and from the mucosal lining of the…

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?

  • An endometrial suction curette is a device used to remove material from the uterus and from the mucosal lining of the uterus by scraping and vacuum suction. This device is used to obtain tissue for biopsy or for menstrual extraction. This generic type of device may include catheters, syringes, and tissue filters or traps sold under the Medline Industries, Boss Instruments, Symmetry Surgical, CareFusion, and Adler Instrument Company brand names.
Lot codes and dates

36 of 36 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
Novak Biopsy Suct Curette, x-del, 2 mm, 9"
320-05942Instrumed
Trade Name: Medline Industries
Medline Industries Product Name: Novak Biopsy Suct Curette, x-del, 2 mm, 9"
MDG2480081Medline Industries
Lot Number: 060413. 2) Instrumed Product Name: Novak Biopsy Suct Curette, std, 4 mm, 9"
320-05942Instrumed
Trade Name: Medline Industries
Medline Industries Product Name: CURETTE, BIOSPY, NOVAK, 4 MM, 9", 23 CM
MDG2480091Medline Industries
Lot Number: 100213. 3) Instrumed Product Name: Novak Biopsy Suct Curette, std, 4 mm, 9"
320-05942Instrumed
Trade Name: Boss Instruments
Boss Instruments Product Name: Navak Biopsy SuctCurette, std, 4 mm, 9"
46-2974Boss Instruments
Lot Number: 070512. 4) Instrumed Product Name: Novak Biopsy Suct Curette, std, 4 mm, 9"
320-05942Instrumed
Trade Name: Symmetry Surgical
Symmetry Surgical Product Name: Novak Biopsy Suct Curette, std, 4 mm, 9"
52-7050Symmetry Surgical
Amount recalled
26 endometrial suction curettes

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The reason these devices are being withdrawn from the market by Instrumed is that Instrumed did not market these devices prior to September 26, 1976, and therefore, does not meet all FDA requirements to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, 4:47 PM UTC

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