Reported Mar 11, 2015 · Terminated

IntellaTip MiFi Open-Irrigated radiofrequency Ablation Catheters

Boston Scientific Corp.

High riskUsing this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

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: Boston Scientific Corp · 150 Baytech Dr · San Jose, CA · 95134-2302

Is this the product you have?

IntellaTip MiFi Open-Irrigated radiofrequency Ablation Catheters

3 of 3 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
EPM9620K2Material number: M004EPM96200, Catalog Number: EPM9620: Material number: M004EPM9620K20
Material number : M004EPM9620N40
EPM9620N4.The IntellaTip MiFi Open-Irrigated Ablation Catheter is a 7.5F (2.5 mm) quadrapolar open-irrigated (OI) ablation catheter designed to deliver radiofrequency (RF) energy to the 4.5 mm catheter tip electrode for cardiac ablation The product is not approved for use/sale in the US.
Lot codes and dates

4 of 4 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
EPM9620Material number: M004EPM96200
EPM9620K2Serial numbers: 16941576, 16943730, 17150129, 17156568, 17156570, 17168752, 17171230, 17218387, 17221754, 17237747, 17247469, 17261879. Material number: M004EPM9620K20, : Serial numbers : 17018928, 17018929, 17147617, 17172602, 17175351, 17223957, 17230227, 17233882, 17235011, 17241926, 17263604, 17285884, 17288714. Material number : M004EPM9620N40
EPM9620N4
Serial numbers: 17148152, 17226126, 17266642. All with Expiry Dates of April 20, 2015 - June 14, 2015.
Amount recalled
14 units

Why it was recalled

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Reports of formation of char adherent to the proximal part of the distal tip electrodes

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Mar 21, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:47 PM UTC

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