Reported Mar 10, 2021 · Ongoing

Velocity Disposable Bipolar Ablators - Product Usage: intended to be used for cutting, vaporization, and coagulation of…

Bovie Medical Corporation

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: Bovie Medical Corporation · 5115 Ulmerton Rd · Clearwater, FL · 33760-4004

Is this the product you have?

  • Velocity Disposable
  • Bipolar Ablators - Product Usageintended to be used for cutting, vaporization, and coagulation of soft tissue during arthroscopic surgical procedures
Lot codes and dates
    • Catalog Numbers 7201 (lots 0217H
    • 0317J
    • 0417B
    • 0417F
    • 0417H
    • 0618K
    • 0718B
    • 0718D
    • 0718F
    • 0419J
    • 0519J
    • 0120F
    • 0420B
    • 0720K
    • 0720M
    • 0820L
    • 0117D
    • 0117F
    • 1020L)
    • 7205 (lots 0217B
    • 0317L)
    • 7206 (lots 0217B
    • 0317L)
    • 7201-01 (lots 0920B
    • 0920D
    • 0920H)
    • 7203 (0217F
    • 0317B
    • 0317L
    • 0417H)
Amount recalled
5894 units

This recall covers 3 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 2 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

There can be a potential breach of the sterile packaging barrier due to the development of pinholes at the crease of the double-folded edge of the current package configuration.

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

Data as of Sep 19, 5:44 PM UTC

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