Reported Jan 15, 2014 · Terminated

Integra Small Rickham -Style Reservoir Rx Only Sterile for Single Use Only Integra NeuroSciences 311 Enterprise Drive…

Integra LifeSciences Corp.

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: Integra LifeSciences Corp. · 311 Enterprise Dr · Plainsboro, NJ · 08536-3344

Is this the product you have?

  • Integra Small Rickham -Style Reservoir Rx Only Sterile for Single Use Only Integra NeuroSciences 311 Enterprise Drive Plainsboro, NJ 08536 USA Made in the USA NL 850-1121 Provides access to the lateral cerebral ventricles via hypodermic puncture. It is useful in obtaining CSF (cerebral spinal fluid_ samples for cytological and chemical studies, for monitoring ventricular fluid pressure and for ventricular drainage. The reservoir provides easy access to the lateral ventricles and to cystic tumors for the injections of chemotherapeutic agents and/or radio-isotopes. The rickham reservoir may be utilized in hydrocephalic patients as a component in systems designed to shunt CSF from the lateral ventricles into either the right atrium of the heart of the peritoneum.
Lot codes and dates
    • 1091271
    • 1094671
    • 1104165
    • 1104631
    • 1104813
    • 1110404
    • 1120638
    • 1120816
    • 1122316
    • 1123940
    • 11311659
    • 1132989
    • 1133427
Amount recalled
194 packages

This recall covers 2 products

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

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Integra became aware through an adverse complaint trend that Rickham Style Reservoirs with bent or broken connectors that were shipped in sleeve-type package were found prior to use but after the sterile package was open

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 Feb 13, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:46 PM UTC

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