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EndoVive Standard PEG Kit recallZ-1516-2024 · Boston Scientific Corporation · initiated Feb 20, 2024

Open, Classified

Is my device affected?

  1. Compare the model, catalog and lot or serial numbers on your device or its packaging with the code information below. A recall usually covers only specific models or lots.
  2. If yours is listed, follow the instructions from Boston Scientific Corporation or your healthcare provider. The company's action is summarized under what the company is doing.
  3. Do not stop using a prescribed or implanted device on your own — talk to your healthcare provider first.

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Why it was recalled

Inability to advance the guidewire through the feeding tube during placement due to blocked lumen of the barb connector. May lead prolongation in the procedure to exchange the device for another leading to leading to a cascade of events which may include additional intervention to close the puncture site, bleeding, leakage of gastric contents, and aspiration

FDA root cause category: Process design

What the company is doing

Boston Scientific issued Urgent Medical Device Removal letter on 2/20/24 via courier. Letter states reason for recall, health risk and action to take: is readily accessible to all handlers and users of the device. Share this notice with any health care professional within your organization and with any organization where the affected devices may have been transferred. This removal affects only the products listed in Attachment 1 (Affected Products). No other material numbers or batches are impacted by this removal. Further distribution or use of any remaining product affected by this removal should cease immediately. If you are a distributor, this notification must be forwarded to your customers to ensure notification of this product removal is carried out to the end-user level. If you are a facility that has sent products to another hospital or a facility within your network, ensure this notification is forwarded to them. Please read carefully through the Removal Instructions included with this notification. Affected products have been distributed as EndoViveTM Standard Push PEG and EndoViveTM Safety Push PEG Kit. If you are a facility that has received EndoViveTM Safety Push PEG Kits, the full (sealed) procedure kit must be returned. You will not receive credit for opened procedure kits. Your local sales representative can answer any questions you may have regarding this notification. If you have any further questions, please contact your local Boston Scientific sales representative.

Recall details

Recall number
Z-1516-2024
Status
Open, Classified
Initiated by the company
Feb 20, 2024
Posted by the FDA
Apr 11, 2024
Recalling firm
Boston Scientific Corporation
Quantity
1475 units
Product code
KNT
FDA submissions
K031538
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the country of Japan.

Product description

EndoVive 20Fr Push Standard PEG Kit (Box 2)-Indicated for enteral nutrition directly into the stomach in both pediatric and adult patients who are unable to consume nutrition by conventional means. UPN: M00568211

Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)

GTIN: 08714729285205 Lot Numbers: 32151880, 32247311, 32810232

Devices named in this recall

1 device in the FDA device registry whose identifier appears in the recall's code information.

Product lines

Other products in the same recall event

The FDA groups related products into one recall event (event 94165).

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