FDADecember 19, 2018device

Stingray" Guidewire, labeled as 300cm. intended to facilitate placement of balloon dilatation catheters or other intravascular devices during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA).

Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

The hazard

A batch of 185cm Stingray Guidewires are incorrectly labeled as 300cm guidewires.

What to do

FDA enforcement status: Terminated

Brands named

boston scientificboston

Recall history

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