Reported Aug 22, 2018 · Terminated

Flex-Neck Classic Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter (Pediatric) Product Usage: If the patient is a suitable candidate for…

Merit Medical Systems, 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: Merit Medical Systems, Inc. · 1600 W Merit Pkwy · South Jordan, UT · 84095-2416

Is this the product you have?

  • Flex-Neck Classic Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Catheter (Pediatric) Product UsageIf the patient is a suitable candidate for peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy, The Flex-Neck¿ PD Catheter can be implanted either surgically or peritoneoscopically. The only contraindication to implantation of the FlexNeck PD Catheter is if the patient is not a candidate for peritoneal dialysis. Numerous prior surgeries or suspected or documented intraperitoneal adhesions may be relative contraindications to PD. However, since the Y-TEC¿ System of peritoneoscopic implantation enable inspection of the peritoneum to confirm the presence of adhesions and to avoid them, all patients who are suitable for PD can receive this catheter
Lot codes and dates
  • Catalog NumberCF-5242
  • Lot Numbers
    • H1027245
    • H1038032
    • H1040946
    • H1063581
    • H1082840
    • H1117442
    • H845164
    • H879797
    • H936407
    • H980897
    • and H995076

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

Mix-up between adult and pediatrics PD catheter.

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 29, 2020 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:12 PM UTC

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