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The worst catheter-based device recalls of 2020

February 19, 2021 By Danielle Kirsh

Vascular Solutions: Langston dual lumen catheter

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[Image from Teleflex]
Vascular Solutions, a Teleflex subsidiary, issued a recall of its Langston dual lumen catheter in March 2020. The FDA labeled the recall as Class I on April 30.

The recall involved 4,304 devices, which are used for the rapid delivery of contrast material into a patient’s blood vessels during medical imaging tests to allow clinicians to see internal body structure. The devices pose the risk of the inner catheter separating during use, which can cause serious health conditions, including additional surgical procedures, damage to the blood vessel or death.

Additionally, if the inner catheter separates outside of the patient’s body, the doctor could be sprayed by the dye, leading to an infection that may lead to the need for the doctor to receive treatment.

There have been eight complaints and no reports of injury or death, according to an April 30 FDA warning.

Vascular Solutions urged customers to secure and remove all unused affected devices. Teleflex intended to destroy any unused recalled devices.

Catheters involved in the recall were made between June 22, 2019, and Dec. 2, 2019. They were distributed between July 12, 2019, and March 10, 2020.

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Filed Under: Catheters, Implants Tagged With: Abbott Vascular, Applied Medical, Arrow International, Boston Scientific, Cook Medical, Endologix, LeMaitre Vascular, medtronic, teleflex, Vascular Solutions

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