United StatesWhat's being recalled
Pipeline Flex Embolization Device with Shield Technology REF PED2-300-12 UDI-DI code: 00763000448806 he Pipeline Flex Embolization Device with Shield Technology consists of a permanent implant combined with a guidewire based delivery system. The Pipeline Flex Embolization Device with Shield Technology implant is a braided, multi-alloy, mesh cylinder woven from platinum/tungsten and cobalt-chromium-nickel alloy wires and indicated for the endovascular treatment of adults (22 years of age or older) with large or giant wide-necked intracranial aneurysms (IAs) in the internal carotid artery from the petrous to the superior hypophyseal segments.
Recalling firm: Micro Therapeutics, Inc., Irvine, CA, United States.
How to identify it
Product/Catalog Number: PED2-300-12 UDI-DI/GTIN: 00763000448806 Lot Number: #D112860
The hazard
Due to incorrect label/product dimensions. Product is supposed to be 3.00 mm in diameter, but unit is packaging was a 2.50 mm in diameter.
What to do
Don't stop taking a prescribed medicine without talking to your doctor or pharmacist first. For other products, stop using them and ask the pharmacist, seller or maker what to do.
The notice doesn't give instructions for consumers, so this is general advice for health & beauty recalls. Check the official notice for the details.
Where it was sold
U.S. Nationwide distribution in the states of GA and TX.
The official notice
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