Z-0824-06

Hobbs Medical 3 Prong Looped Retriever, a disposable device to be used by physician to remove foreign object...

Name: Z-0824-06 Hobbs Medical 3 Prong Looped Retriever, a disposable device to be used by physician to remove foreign object...
Creator: Hobbs Medical, Inc.
Published: 2006-03-15
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Hobbs Medical, Inc. / initiated 2006-03-15 / Terminated / root cause: manufacturing process

FDA source

Hobbs Medical, Inc. began a recall of Hobbs Medical 3 Prong Looped Retriever, a disposable device to be used by physician to remove foreign object or cauterize polyp specimens from the GI tract... on 2006-03-15. The reason FDA records is "Diameter of device at the distal end would prevent it from passing through the endoscope's working channel". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as manufacturing process.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-0824-06
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2006-03-15
Posted: 2006-05-03
Terminated: 2006-06-27
Recalling firm: Hobbs Medical, Inc.
Product: Hobbs Medical 3 Prong Looped Retriever, a disposable device to be used by physician to remove foreign object or cauterize polyp specimens from the GI tract. REF: 5030 and 5030S
Product code: KOG
Reason for recall: Diameter of device at the distal end would prevent it from passing through the endoscope's working channel.
Root cause tag: manufacturing process
FDA root cause: Process control
Action: Hobbs Medical notfied customers by Registered Letter on 3/15/06, requesting return of recalled product.
Quantity in commerce: 254 units
Distribution: AK, IA, KY, MI, NH, NC,UT, WI, Canada, and UK
Product codes and lots: Lot Numbers: H11-05-040; H11-05-138; H11-05-139; H11-05-140;H11-05-141; H11-05-205.

Product code KOG

K833125Class IIHobbs Medical Grasping ForcepsHobbs Medical, Inc. / cleared 1983-10-31

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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)