Reported Oct 2, 2013 · Terminated

Smiths Medical, Deltec

Smiths Medical ASD, 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: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. · 1265 Grey Fox Rd · Saint Paul, MN · 55112-6929

Is this the product you have?

Smiths Medical, Deltec

3 of 3 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
21-8011-24Port-A-Cath Dual-Lumen. Titanium Venous Access System.
21-8052-24&
21-8053-24Port-A-Cath II Dual-Lumen, Polysulfone /Titanium Venous Access System. Sterile EO, Rx Only. PORT-A-CATH¿ and PORT-A-CATH¿ II implantable venous and arterial access systems are designed to permit repeated access to the vascular system for the parenteral delivery of medications, fluids, and nutritional solutions and for the sampling of venous blood. Introducer sets are indicated for the introduction of catheters into the subclavian vein.
Lot codes and dates
  • 21-8011-24:
    • 1971567
    • 1979805
    • 1984078
    • 1997124
    • 2006124
    • 2038001
    • 2090898
    • 2151160
    • 2196530
    • 2216256
    • 2249695
    21-8052-24:
    • 1971572
    • 2012472
    • 2022904
    • 2067947
    • 2080704
    • 2146472
    • 2168988
    • 2196532
    • 2207404
    • 2237458
    • 2249696
    • 2269178
    • 2282158
    21-8053-24: 2168989 2249697
Amount recalled
372

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

Smiths Medical is conducting a voluntary recall of PORT-A-CATH¿ and PORT-A-CATH¿ II Implantable Venous and Arterial Access Systems and Introducer Sets. Smiths Medical has become aware of a small number of customer reports regarding the introducer sheath and the introducer opening being too small for the width of the catheter with the use of these Sets. Smiths Medical has received no reports

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 Oct 21, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:49 PM UTC

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