Reported Sep 11, 2013 · Terminated

Boston Scientific, Small Peripheral Cutting BalloonTM, Sterilized using irradiation: The Peripheral Cutting Balloon…

Boston Scientific 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: Boston Scientific Corporation · 1 Scimed Pl · Maple Grove, MN · 55311-1565

Is this the product you have?

  • Boston Scientific, Small Peripheral Cutting BalloonTM
  • Sterilized using irradiationThe Peripheral Cutting Balloon Catheters are indicated for Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) of obstructive lesions of synthetic or native arteriovenous dialysis fistulae. 1) 4.00mm x 15mm Small Peripheral Cutting BalloonTM MonorailTM Microsurgical Dilatation Device, UPN #001BPM4015140F0, Catalogue # BPM4015140F & UPN # M001PCBM4015140F0, Catalogue # PCBM4015140F. 2) 4.00mm x 15mm Small Peripheral Cutting BalloonTM Over-the-Wire Microsurgical Dilatation Device, UPN # M001PCBO4015140F0, Catalogue # PCBO4015140F
Lot codes and dates
    • UPN # 001BPM4015140F0
    • Catalogue #BPM4015140F. Lot#'s 15778169
    • 15735527
    • 15774378
    • 15788826
    • 15812347
    • 15824636
    • 15825277
    • 15836626
    • 15873338
    • 15891705
    • 15931291
    • 15945240
    • 16057260. UPN# M001PCBM4015140F0
    • Catalogue #PCBM4015140F
    • Lot #15756145. UPN # M001PCBO4015140F0
    • Catalogue #PCBO4015140F
    • Lot #'s 15688199
    • 15992736
    • 16066536
    • 16141255
Amount recalled
1,331

This recall covers 2 products

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

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Boston Scientific is initiating a recall removal of the 4.0mm x 15mm size of Small Peripheral Cutting Balloon (Monorail and Over-the-Wire) Microsurgical Dilatation Devices and Flextome Cutting Balloon (Monorail and Over-the-Wire) Microsurgical Dilation Devices. Boston Scientific has determined that users may experience significant difficulty or inability to remove the protector cap from the devic

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 Jan 27, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:04 PM UTC

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