Canister HFC-134a /980g, ALUM, 15 pack Product Number: 1600-00-0224 Revision .0C Coolant canister for use…
Medical device recall Z-0209-2020. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 30, 2019.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 30, 2019. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 28 states named in where it went
- in total 7,560 canisters (3240 additional as of 2/5/20) 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?
The canister neck bushing may become loose and separate from the body of the canister during use. The issue occurs only when the canisters are used in Candela legacy devices that utilize screw-in or threaded interface type DCD modules
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Canister HFC-134a /980g, ALUM, 15 pack Product Number: 1600-00-0224 Revision .0C Coolant canister for use with surgical laser.
in total 7,560 canisters (3240 additional as of 2/5/20), in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot # 1904CC1598 1905CC0007 1905CC0178 1905CC0217 1906CC0196 1906CC0172 1907CC0008 1908CC0025 Additional lots added as of 12/6/2019: 1902CC0043 1902CC0143 1811CC0016 1812CC0074 1812CC0133 1901CC0087 1904CC0126 1802CC0092 1802CC0232 1803CC0169 1804CC0073 1805CC0058 1806CC0068 1807CC0009 1807CC0104 1808CC0112 1809CC0070 1810CC0015 1810CC0117 1907CC0187
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.
States: NC GA CA MA OH FL IL CO SD NY KS WA MI PA AZ WI TX LA IA MN VA TN SC OR IN WY MD VT ON BC QC NV OUS: Barbados Canada Germany Spain France HR Portugal Ireland Norway Greece NL South Africa Vietnam Hong Kong Japan New Zealand Australia China Korea
The states and territories these words name
28 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- New York
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Vermont
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 10, 2019.
- FDA classified it on Oct 24, 2019.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Oct 30, 2019.
- FDA terminated it on Oct 20, 2020.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Candela Corporation, of Wayland, MA.
- 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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