Reported Jul 18, 2012 · Terminated

Irrigating Bayonet Forceps 8.25" (209.6 mm) 1.5 mm Tips, Electrosurgical Irrigating Bipolar Forceps, Model #20-0431,…

PSC Industries 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: PSC Industries Inc · 3230 Commerce Center Pl · Louisville, KY · 40211-1900

Is this the product you have?

  • Irrigating Bayonet Forceps 8.25" (209.6 mm) 1.5 mm Tips, Electrosurgical Irrigating Bipolar Forceps, Model #20-0431, 510 (k) #K072937. Each unit of this sterile surgical device is packaged in a Tyvek peel pouch in boxes which contain five (5)Tyvek peel pouches per box. Bayonet Bipolar Irrigating Forceps are intended for use in electro-surgery for coagulation and irrigation of tissue.
Lot codes and dates
  • Model/part Number20-0431I
  • Lot Number023340
  • Expiration Date02/28/2017
Amount recalled
125 units

This recall covers 8 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 7 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Firm officials reported to CIN-DO that for this device, in the labeling on the inner Tyvek peel pouch, the letter 'E' in Electrosurgical was turned into an 'X' and the number '5" of the (mm tips) was turned into a '0'. This affected the description and some of the text of the labels. However, it did not t affect the Part Number and Lot Number on the label.

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 Sep 15, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:10 PM UTC

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