Z-0953-04

Product is a surgical nasal/sinus surgical device labeled as a RAD Frontal Finesse Bur, Reference Number...

Name: Z-0953-04 Product is a surgical nasal/sinus surgical device labeled as a RAD Frontal Finesse Bur, Reference Number...
Creator: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
Published: 2004-01-29
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Medtronic Xomed, Inc. / initiated 2004-01-29 / Terminated / root cause: labeling and UDI

FDA source

Medtronic Xomed, Inc. began a recall of Product is a surgical nasal/sinus surgical device labeled as a RAD Frontal Finesse Bur, Reference Number 18-83070 on 2004-01-29. The reason FDA records is "The curve in the shaft of the bur was only 15 degrees not the labeled 40 degrees". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as labeling and UDI.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-0953-04
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2004-01-29
Posted: 2004-07-20
Terminated: 2012-05-03
Recalling firm: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
Product: Product is a surgical nasal/sinus surgical device labeled as a RAD Frontal Finesse Bur, Reference Number 18-83070
Product code: GFF Bur, Surgical, General & Plastic Surgery
Reason for recall: The curve in the shaft of the bur was only 15 degrees not the labeled 40 degrees.
Root cause tag: labeling and UDI
FDA root cause: Other
Action: A Recall notification letter was mailed to each hospital account on January 29, 2004 for each type of device they received which was under recall explaining the error and asking the accounts to remove recalled product from inventory, fax them the response sheet and to return the products.
Quantity in commerce: 8 boxes 3 burs per box
Distribution: Products were distributed to 23 hospitals and surgical centers in NC, NB, IN, UT, TX, NY, WI, MO, TN, ID, OK, FL, MA, WY, NJ, LA.
Product codes and lots: Lot 26371200

Product code GFF

The FDA recall record names no cleared device, and no clearance has been matched to it.

MDM coverage of this record lists here, newest first.

About this record

Sourced from the FDA device recall database and the FDA enforcement reports, both ingested from openFDA. The recall record supplies the product, the reason and the product code; the enforcement report supplies the classification. The two datasets are exported by FDA on different days, and the date above is the older of the two, so nothing on this page is newer than it says.

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Data as of 2026-09-30, the FDA export date for this dataset. Page last changed 2026-09-05. View this recall on fda.gov (opens on fda.gov)