Reported Mar 10, 2021 · Ongoing

ConMed 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?

  • ConMed Disposable
  • Bipolar Ablators - Product Usageintended to be used for cutting, vaporization, and coagulation of soft tissue during arthroscopic surgical procedures
Lot codes and dates

6 of 6 products

Products covered by this recall
#Product as published
1Catalog Numbers C3390A (lots 0317F, 0417B, 0517B, 0517D, 0517J, 0617D, 0617F, 0617H, 0617K, 0717A, 0717G, 0817B, 0917G, 0917J, 1017C, 1017E, 1017J, 1117B, 0418C)
2C3350A (lots 0317F, 0417B, 0517B, 0517G, 0717C, 0817D, 0917C, 0917E)
3C3350NA (lots 0317F, 0517G, 0817F)
4C2455NA (lots 0317F, 0517B, 0717E, 1017C, 1017E)
5C1860NA (lots 0317F, 0517B, 0717E, 0817F, 1017G, 0418E)
6C3390NA (lots 0317F, 0517G, 0817H, 1017J, 0418E, 0518F, 1218C).
Amount recalled
5270 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, 4:56 PM UTC

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