Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
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This is replacement of specific lots of the cautery plug insert that is the interface between the bipolar instrument and the external electrosurgical unit (esu). the dislodging of the cautery plug riser prevents a bipolar cautery cable from being properly connected which results in loss of cautery function of bipolar instruments.