Reported Oct 9, 2019 · Completed

SHERPA NX ACTIVE GUIDING CATHETER, 6F ALR1-2, .070", REF SA6ALR12. for cardiovascular use

Medtronic Vascular

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: Medtronic Vascular · 35 Cherry Hill Dr # 37a · Danvers, MA · 01923-2565

Is this the product you have?

    • SHERPA NX ACTIVE GUIDING CATHETER
    • 6F ALR1-2
    • .070"
    • REF SA6ALR12. for cardiovascular use
Lot codes and dates
  • GTIN00613994823946 All Lot/Serial Numbers
Amount recalled
163 units

This recall covers 191 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 190 are below.

178 more are in the archive.

Why it was recalled

Stop using this product now

There is a potential for extensive loss of primary segment material exposing underlying stainless-steel braid wires on a subset of 6F Sherpa catheters.

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

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Where this came from

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

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Apr 26, 2024 · Data as of Sep 19, 7:32 PM UTC

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