DGPHP RFA High-Power Single Use Grounding Pads and Cool-Tip RFA Electrode Kits (containing DGPHP RFA…
Medical device recall Z-2301-2012. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 5, 2012.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 5, 2012. 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
- 184,934 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?
Covidien is conducting a recall of various production lots of DGHP RFA High Power single use grounding pads and Cool-tip RFA Electrode Kits due to the potential for foil degradation on the DGP-HP single use grounding pad which may result in an electrical burn to the patient at the application site.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
DGPHP RFA High-Power Single Use Grounding Pads and Cool-Tip RFA Electrode Kits (containing DGPHP RFA High-Power single use grounding pads) The product is used during ablation surgical procedures.
184,934 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
ACT1020, 168583 through , 210055X; ACTC1525, 168575 through, 208115X; ACT1030, 171291 through , 209598X; ACTC2025, 168853 through, 209457X; ACT1507, 168576 through, 209455X; SWCT1530, 170383 through, 210057X; ACT1510, 170882 through ,…
Every code shown here, 729 characters
ACT1020, 168583 through , 210055X; ACTC1525, 168575 through, 208115X; ACT1030, 171291 through , 209598X; ACTC2025, 168853 through, 209457X; ACT1507, 168576 through, 209455X; SWCT1530, 170383 through, 210057X; ACT1510, 170882 through , 207901X; SWCT15303, 169683 through, 207900X; ACT1520, 168571 through, 210054X; SWCT1540, 170384 through, 197330; ACT1530, 169419 through, 209547X; SWCT20303, 191407 through, 191407; ACT2020, 168854 through, 210720X; SWCT2303, 195745 through, 195745; ACT2030, 168574 through, 209453X; SWCT2530, 205456 through, 205456; ACT2530, 169684 through, 209599X; SWCT25303, 177906 through, 213729X; ACTC1025, 171300 through, 208194X; SWCT2540, 191404 through, 205455, , , , DGPHP, 162732 through, 214867X,
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: USA (nationwide) and countries including: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Deutchland, France, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Singapore, and Uruguay.
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 Aug 1, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Aug 29, 2012.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 5, 2012.
- FDA terminated it on Sep 6, 2013.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Nellcor Puritan Bennett Inc. (dba Covidien LP), of Boulder, CO.
- 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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