POWERPORT ClearVUE Slim with Smooth Septum, 6F ChronoFlex Silk, Polyurethane Catheter
Medical device recall Z-1768-2018. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 16, 2018.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 16, 2018. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Completed its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 3196 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?
The Patient ID Card packaged with the POWERPORT ClearVUE Implantable Port with Smooth Septum contains incorrect port flushing instructions.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
POWERPORT ClearVUE Slim with Smooth Septum, 6F ChronoFlex Silk, Polyurethane Catheter, REF 5676300
3196 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot Number Unique Device Identifier (UDI) REAN0055 (01)00801741110771(17)170628(10)REAN0055 REAN0202 (01)00801741110771(17)170528(10)REAN0202 REAP0771 (01)00801741110771(17)170828(10)REAP0771 REAS1708…
Every code shown here, 1,291 characters
Lot Number Unique Device Identifier (UDI) REAN0055 (01)00801741110771(17)170628(10)REAN0055 REAN0202 (01)00801741110771(17)170528(10)REAN0202 REAP0771 (01)00801741110771(17)170828(10)REAP0771 REAS1708 (01)00801741110771(17)171028(10)REAS1708 REAT0147 (01)00801741110771(17)171128(10)REAT0147 REAT1852 (01)00801741110771(17)171228(10)REAT1852 REAU1811 (01)00801741110771(17)171228(10)REAU1811 REAU2420 (01)00801741110771(17)171228(10)REAU2420 REAV2465 (01)00801741110771(17)180228(10)REAV2465 REAW1422 (01)00801741110771(17)180331(10)REAW1422 REAW1831 (01)00801741110771(17)180331(10)REAW1831 REAX1132 (01)00801741110771(17)180331(10)REAX1132 REAY1623 (01)00801741110771(17)180331(10)REAY1623 REAY2597 (01)00801741110771(17)180331(10)REAY2597 REBP0090 (01)00801741110771(17)180331(10)REBP0090 REBS1269 (01)00801741110771(17)181031(10)REBS1269 REBR1002 (01)00801741110771(17)181031(10)REBR1002 REBS1439 (01)00801741110771(17)181031(10)REBS1439 REBT1052 (01)00801741110771(17)181231(10)REBT1052 REBT2348 (01)00801741110771(17)181231(10)REBT2348 REBV0714 (01)00801741110771(17)190131(10)REBV0714 REBV1758 (01)00801741110771(17)190131(10)REBV1758 REBW1288 (01)00801741110771(17)190331(10)REBW1288 REBX1628 (01)00801741110771(17)190331(10)REBX1628 REBX2052 (01)00801741110771(17)190430(10)REBX2052
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.
Nationwide
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.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Completed, in FDA’s file.
“The recall action reaches the point at which the firm has actually retrieved and impounded all outstanding product that could reasonably be expected to be recovered, or has completed all product corrections.”
openFDA, on “Completed”, 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 Feb 8, 2018.
- FDA classified it on May 9, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on May 16, 2018.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc, of Tempe, AZ.
- 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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