Insertion Tube Recall: FHC Removes microTargeting Insertion Tube Sets due to a Manufacturing Size Error That May Lead to Patient Harm

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This device may cause serious injury or death if you continue to use it.</em></p> <h2>Affected Product </h2> <div alt="microTargeting Insertion Tube Set with affected lot number" data-embed-button="media_browser" data-entity-embed-display="media_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="Array" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="f4c0fd92-3b97-46af-81f1-c9d5891fe090" data-langcode="en" title="microTargeting Insertion Tube Set with affected lot number" class="align-center embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/files/Picture1_50.png" alt="microTargeting Insertion Tube Set with affected lot number" title="microTargeting Insertion Tube Set with affected lot number" class="img-responsive"> </div> <ul> <li>Product Names: microTargeting Insertion Tube Set </li> <li>Unique Device Identifier (UDI)/Product Model: <a href="https://accessgudid.nlm.nih.gov/devices/00873263004326">00873263004326</a></li> <li>Lot Number: 244517</li> </ul> <h2>What to Do  </h2> <ul> <li>Do not use microTargeting Insertion Tube Sets from the affected lot.  </li> </ul> <p>On October 3, 2024, FHC Inc. sent all affected customers an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter recommending the following actions: </p> <ul> <li>Immediately identify and quarantine all affected product.</li> <li>Expect contact from FHC Inc. field representatives by email/phone. They will issue an RMA for return of affected product and issue replacements by 10/11/2024.</li> <li>Do not use affected product in the interim. </li> </ul> <h2>Reason for Recall</h2> <p>FHC Inc. is recalling microTargeting Insertion Tube Sets from a specific product lot after a manufacturing error caused the reducing cannula in these sets to be 20 mm longer than specified. </p> <p>The use of affected product may cause serious adverse health consequences, including bleeding (hemorrhage), damage to brain tissue, and death.  </p> <p>There have been no reported injuries. There have been no reports of death.</p> <h2>Device Use </h2> <p>FHC microTargeting Insertion Tube Sets are used to accurately guide a microelectrode or instrument in the brain during targeted, functional brain surgery (neurosurgery).</p> <h2>Contact Information</h2> <p>Customers in the United States with questions about this recall should contact FHC Inc. at 207-666-8190. </p> <h2>Additional FDA Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=210355">FDA鈥檚 Enforcement Report</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=210355">Medical Device Recall Database</a> </li> </ul> <h2>Unique Device Identifier (UDI) </h2> <p>The unique device identifier (UDI) helps identify individual medical devices sold in the United States from manufacturing through distribution to patient use. 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