Reported Jun 24, 2015 · Terminated

Medtronic Passive Planar Blunt Probe Part Number 960-556, also included in Part Number Kits: 9732540, 9732622, 9733174,…

Medtronic Navigation, 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: Medtronic Navigation, Inc. · 826 Coal Creek Cir · Louisville, CO · 80027-9710

Is this the product you have?

  • Medtronic Passive Planar Blunt Probe Part Number 960-556
  • also included in Part Number Kits9732540, 9732622, 9733174, 9733935. As part of kits, the product is either packaged with other instruments or into a holding tray. The Passive Planar Blunt Probe is an optically tracked, reusable instrument used in navigated surgery and is included with Medtronic cranial instrument kits. It is designed for use in patient registration and palpating brain tissue during surgical procedures
Lot codes and dates
  • lot number 150223
Amount recalled
18

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Passive Planar Blunt Probe (Lot# 150223) was manufactured with a sharp tip rather than a blunt tip.

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 Jul 2, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:50 PM UTC

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