Reported Dec 17, 2014 · Terminated

An external vein stripper is an extravascular device used to remove a section of a vein sold under the Symmetry…

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 external vein stripper is an extravascular device used to remove a section of a vein sold under the Symmetry Surgical, CareFusion, Boss Instruments, Phoenix Instruments, Autobahn Surgical, Echo Instruments, Millennium Surgical, B.B.M. Surgical Instruments, Stealth Surgical, Medline Industries, Medsaver M S I Precision, and Surgical Direct brand names.
Lot codes and dates

186 of 186 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
Valvulotome 6 1/4" Retrograde
500-05626Instrumed
Trade Name: Symmetry Surgical
Symmetry Surgical Product Name: Valvulotome 6 1/4" Retrograde
55-8685Symmetry Surgical
Lot Numbers: 030412, 060413, 070513. 2) Instrumed Product Name: Valvulotome 6 1/4" Retrograde
500-05626Instrumed
Trade Name: CareFusion
CareFusion Product Name: Valvulotome 6 1/4" Retrograde
55-8685CareFusion
Lot Number: 070513. 3) Instrumed Product Name: Valvulotome 6 1/4" Retrograde
500-05626Instrumed
Trade Name: Boss Instruments
Boss Instruments Product Name: Valvulotome, retro, 6 1/4"
65-7048Boss Instruments
Lot Numbers: 030412, 060413, 070513, 110411. 4) Instrumed Product Name: Valvulotome, retro, 9 1/4" reverse angle
500-05631Instrumed
Trade Name: Phoenix Instruments
Phoenix Instruments Product Name: Valvulotome, retro, 9 1/4" reverse angle
155-8680Phoenix Instruments
Amount recalled
479 valvulotomes

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The reason these devices are being withdrawn from the market by Instrumed is that Instrumed did not market these devices prior to September 26, 1976, and therefore, does not meet all FDA requirements to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, 6:17 PM UTC

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