Cryogenic probe for cardiac ablation surgery
Medical device recall Z-0895-2015. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 7, 2015.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 7, 2015. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 19,190 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?
Affected product may have compromised sterility due to packaging defects. It was determined that some mishandling of the product during the packaging process could inadvertently damage the sterile barrier.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Cryogenic probe for cardiac ablation surgery, packaged individually in Tyvek pouches Product Usage: Cryogenic probe for cardiac ablation surgery. The CryoICE cryoablation probe is a sterile, single use device intended to use in the cryosurgical treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. The probe freezes target tissues, creating an inflammatory response (cryo-necrosis) that blocks the electrical conduction pathway.
19,190 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
The following batch numbers are affected by this recall: 26500 27831 27959 28248 28472 28474 28475 28910 28911 29337 29461 29525 29788 29926 29933 29934 30358 30359 30618 30810 31401 31402 32037 32200 32210 32211 32771 32790 33047 33261…
Every code shown here, 1,514 characters
The following batch numbers are affected by this recall: 26500 27831 27959 28248 28472 28474 28475 28910 28911 29337 29461 29525 29788 29926 29933 29934 30358 30359 30618 30810 31401 31402 32037 32200 32210 32211 32771 32790 33047 33261 33262 33340 33527 33528 33581 33582 33631 33661 33663 33918 34283 34284 34586 34587 34793 34852 34853 35167 35177 35247 35307 35308 35682 35683 36279 36292 36686 37005 37207 37558 37655 37686 37855 38007 38171 38433 38533 38636 38719 38869 38994 39087 39196 39285 39424 39475 39503 39504 39694 39780 39867 39943 40067 40189 40288 40398 40534 40640 40709 40826 40986 41105 41302 41414 41517 41597 41737 41850 41909 41982 42046 42141 42466 42470 42567 42612 42719 42836 42932 43047 43182 43281 43354 43485 43604 43691 43827 43833 43953 44096 44215 44368 44491 44612 44781 44936 45048 45130 45268 45277 45378 45390 45492 45612 45628 45654 45715 45842 45845 45854 45973 46272 46353 46466 46569 46770 46852 46974 47067 47195 47298 47408 47540 47677 47851 47905 47937 48085 48174 48288 48394 48679 48684 48700 48906 48953 49012 49042 49179 49378 49477 49478 49502 49503 49699 49717 49815 49816 49830 49831 50017 50018 50210 50211 50335 50336 50472 50473 50554 50555 50700 50701 50859 50860 51079 51080 51258 51259 51348 51349 51490 51631 51632 51773 51774 51901 51902 52018 52019 52197 52278 52279 52342 52461 52462 52575 52576 52730 52731 52849 52850 52951 52952 53144 53168 53405 53406 53423 53424 53607 38994A 39087A 39475A 39475AA 39867A 40709A 40709B 42836A 43182A 43182B 43281A
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 and the countries of: Canada, ITALY, NETHERLANDS, CZECH REPUBLIC, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, BELGIUM, Hong Kong, SPAIN, UNITED KINGDOM (GREAT BRITAIN), UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN, FRANCE, FINLAND, LUXEMBOURG, Korea, SWITZERLAND, SWEDEN, Malaysia, ISRAEL, NORWAY, AUSAtralia, COLOMBIA, TURKEY, Thailand, SOUTH KOREA, SAUDI ARABIA, TAIWAN, SOUTH AFRICA, and DENMARK. The affected product was also distributed to 17 government consignees.
These words name no state.
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 Nov 21, 2014.
- FDA classified it on Dec 30, 2014.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jan 7, 2015.
- FDA terminated it on Jul 20, 2015.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Atricure Inc, of West Chester, OH.
- 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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