ClearanceBrief
Recall Z-0633-04 ยท FGM Probe And Director, Gastro-Urology

Medtronic Gastroenterology / Urology

Bravo pH Monitoring System Receiver

DateJul 20, 2004 (initiated Feb 6, 2004)
StatusTerminated
ReasonThe product's rear panel label could smear during use causing the serial number to be unreadible. This has the remote possibility of resulting in patient data from diagnostic tests being mixed-up or attributed to the wrong patient.
Root causeOther
ActionLetters dated February 6, 2004 were sent to the consignees. Enclosed with the letter to each consignee were label sticker(s) having the serial numbers of the device(s) purchased by the consignee. The letters instruct consignees to place the enclosed stickers on the devices over the previous back panel labels if the serial number of the label matches the serial number on the device. Special instructions for devices with smeared labels include the return of devices with unreadable serial numbers.
Quantity1468 units
DistributionThe devices were distributed nationwide in the United States and worldwide.
FDA recordOpen on fda.gov

510(k) clearances named in this recall

K002028BRAVO PH MONITORING SYSTEM
Endonetics, Inc., Sep 29, 2000