Greatbatch Medical Recalls

Hazard: One side of the MobiCath Bi-Directional Guiding Sheath pouch may not be sealed.

Hazard: Greatbatch received complaints with the ViaPeel Introducer Sheath 5FR, of handles detaching during use.

Hazard: Greatbatch Medical has voluntarily initiated a Recall for the Linear Straight Broach Handle (Rasp Handle) and EZ Clean" Linear Broach Handle. Greatbatch Medical has received reports that that the product is breaking at the welds and that the locating pin at the distal end of the instrument is breaking off during use.

Hazard: On June 14, 2016, Greatbatch discovered a significant increase in the number of field complaints for the T5766 Offset Reamer Handle in which the U-joints of the drive chain component seizes during orthopedic procedures rendering the device non-functional. The 2016 failure rate for this failure exceeds the occurrence rate as defined in the DFMEA.

Hazard: On December 17, 2015, Greatbatch discovered that the Standard Offset Cup Impactor with a POM-C handle grip failed sterility testing when housed in a dedicated instrument case using the sterilization parameters identified in the Standard Offset Cup Impactors Instructions for Use (IFU).

Hazard: Greatbatch Medical has identified an issue with the Stiffer Coaxial Micro-Introducer 4FR and 5FR after a field complaint reported that the rotating luer detached from the dilator hub during use.

Hazard: Greatbatch Medical has initiated a global Field Recall for Torque Limiting Devices. Greatbatch identified through laboratory testing that the required sterility assurance level (SAL) of 10-6 is not achieved on torque limiting devices when subjected to steam sterilization cycles identified in the Instruction For Use (IFU) provided with the device.

Hazard: Greatbatch Medical has initiated a global Field Recall for Torque Limiting Devices. Greatbatch identified through laboratory testing that the required sterility assurance level (SAL) of 10-6 is not achieved on torque limiting devices when subjected to steam sterilization cycles identified in the Instruction For Use (IFU) provided with the device.

Hazard: Greatbatch Medical has initiated a global Field Recall for Torque Limiting Devices. Greatbatch identified through laboratory testing that the required sterility assurance level (SAL) of 10-6 is not achieved on torque limiting devices when subjected to steam sterilization cycles identified in the Instruction For Use (IFU) provided with the device.

Hazard: Greatbatch identified that the documentation does not support the five-year shelf life of the Bard Access Division Coaxial Micro-Introducer Set.

Hazard: Greatbatch Medical has initiated a global Field Corrective Action for the Standard Offset Cup Impactor since the product was first released in 2004. Greatbatch has identified through internal Sterility Assurance Level validation testing that a sterility assurance level of 10-6 is not achieved on the Standard Offset Cup Impactor when it is subjected to the steam sterilization cycles and associated dry times that are specified in the current Instructions For Use (IFU) provided with the device. The Standard Offset Cup Impactor is provided non-sterile and must be sterilized prior to use in a surgery. Greatbatch has not received any reports of deaths, illnesses, injuries, or other adverse effects associated with this issue.

Hazard: Cordis Corporation, Inc and Greatbatch Medical are recalling one lot of the cordis RADIALSOURCE Spring Wire Transradial Access Kit product. Some units were manufactured with an undersized vessel dilator tip, too small to slide over the guidewire.

Hazard: Greatbatch Medical has initiated a global voluntary recall and market withdrawal of its entire Small Angled Driver 45¿ product line. Greatbatch has received reports of noisy and / or rough operation when using these Small Angled Drivers.

Hazard: Greatbatch Medical observed some anomalies of the inner lumen of the MobiCath Bi-Directional Guiding Sheaths upon implementation of a new visual inspection tool. The anomalies may include loose, string-like liner material, liner abrasion (fraying), and/or attached string-like liner material (from scratches or damage on the inner wall of sheath lumen).

Hazard: We are notifying you of a potential interaction between therapeutic catheters and MobiCath Bi-Directional Guiding Sheaths. We became aware of these interactions while investigating recent complaints regarding catheters "self-advancing" while being used in conjunction with the MobiCath Sheaths.

Hazard: During the investigation of four returned Z Flex 270 Steerable Sheaths that were used with cardiac cryoablation balloon catheters, the internal PTFE sheath liners were found to display varying degrees of damage that could pose an embolic risk to a patient.