ClearanceBrief
Recall Z-0351-03 ยท 74

Medtronic Cardiac Surgery Technologies

Medtronic Cardioblate Radio Frequency Ablation Pen, model number 60811C47

DateNov 11, 2002
StatusTerminated
ReasonThe radio frequency ablation pens contained unreacted epoxy resin which was observed to leak out of the back-end of the device.
Root causeOther
ActionA letter dated November 11, 2002 was sent to the affected consignees who were requested to quarantine any unused pens for retrieval by Medtronic representatives.
Quantity148 pens
DistributionAll of the consignees were in foreign countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
FDA recordOpen on fda.gov

510(k) clearances named in this recall

K013392CARDIOBLATE SURGICAL ABLATION PEN, MODEL 60811C; CARDIOBLATE SURGICAL ABLATION GENERATOR, MODEL 60880
Medtronic Vascular, Jan 25, 2002