Cordis OPTEASE Vena Cava Filter Is indicated for use in the prevention of recurrent pulmonary embolism (PE)…
Medical device recall Z-0081-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 6, 2013.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 6, 2013. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 51 states named
- 29,395 units how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Cordis identified a printing error on one unit of the Optease Vena Cava Filter, in which the orientation arrow for the femoral approach was printed in the incorrect direction. The error resulted in the filter being implanted upside down, requiring and additional percutaneous procedure to retrieve the filter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Cordis OPTEASE Vena Cava Filter Is indicated for use in the prevention of recurrent pulmonary embolism (PE) via percutaneous placement in the vena cava in the following situations: - Pulmonary thromboembolism when anticoagulants are contraindicated, - Failure of anticoagulant therapy for thromboembolitic disease, - Emergency treatment following massive pulmonary embolism where anticipate benefits of conventional therapy are reduce, and - Chronic, recurrent pulmonary embolism where anticoagulant therapy has failed, or is contraindicated.
29,395 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
15277209 15414364 15560257 15752429 15287302 15550200 15282988 15421769 15565526 15753478 15291145 15566741 15287301 15424883 15568635 15755303 15307389 15570058 15290545 15430268 15572971 15761315 15311637 15582190 15291146 15435116…
Every code shown here, 1,646 characters
15277209 15414364 15560257 15752429 15287302 15550200 15282988 15421769 15565526 15753478 15291145 15566741 15287301 15424883 15568635 15755303 15307389 15570058 15290545 15430268 15572971 15761315 15311637 15582190 15291146 15435116 15579473 15767566 15325508 15593534 15296278 15437943 15581926 15777997 15343213 15612686 15300299 15444314 15585734 15781096 15355694 15627268 15300995 15448466 15591471 15789723 15369568 15638012 15307390 15450171 15593533 15793939 15381573 15652041 15307999 15454044 15598216 15799364 15402503 15670744 15312441 15456163 15605008 15802178 15406808 15686286 15317387 15460104 15606053 15809353 15430934 15699350 15320551 15466748 15610330 15812239 15435039 15737306 15325507 15471008 15614689 15816462 15444313 15762046 15330287 15473247 15627966 15822489 15462543 15768649 15335203 15478342 15632159 15830469 15466749 15793940 15340786 15480569 15632931 15836564 15473249 15798681 15344590 15487383 15637332 15839559 15481997 15814435 15350806 15490348 15643482 15843764 15495653 15820539 15353473 15495652 15647053 15848940 15506862 15845139 15358769 15501261 15652040 15855704 15525423 15854729 15366482 15501864 15656567 15857848 15543607 15860770 15370260 15505204 15659250 15863068 15375958 15513357 15667702 15870135 15380088 15518418 15670742 15875172 15385970 15522427 15675940 15878645 15386960 15526913 15683409 15884283 15386963 15529312 15690240 15896484 15389049 15530028 15694650 15918862 15391340 15535323 15698900 15925083 15396804 15538438 15704985 15932575 15400773 15544128 15707198 15932586 15406817 15546019 15736818 15950327 15408669 15551821 15742478 15961621 15409489 15556617 15747949
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) including Hawaii and Puerto Rico and states of: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY; and countries of: Canada and Panama.
The states and territories these words name
51 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alaska
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- Montana
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Vermont
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Sep 27, 2013.
- FDA classified it on Oct 25, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Nov 6, 2013.
- FDA terminated it on Sep 23, 2014.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Cordis Corporation, of Miami Lakes, FL.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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