Z-0267-2008

Pilling Center-Action Forceps with Insulated Shafts- Elongated Cup Biopsy Jaws, Catalog Number: 505039, Non...

Name: Z-0267-2008 Pilling Center-Action Forceps with Insulated Shafts- Elongated Cup Biopsy Jaws, Catalog Number: 505039, Non...
Creator: Telefelx Medical
Published: 2007-10-31
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Teleflex Medical / initiated 2007-10-31 / Terminated / root cause: manufacturing process

FDA source

Telefelx Medical began a recall of Pilling Center-Action Forceps with Insulated Shafts- Elongated Cup Biopsy Jaws, Catalog Number: 505039, Non Sterile, Rx Only, (30 CM), Manufactured for... on 2007-10-31. The reason FDA records is "The specified insulation is not present on the shaft of the devices, leaving a risk of arcing and/or damage to surrounding tissue". 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-0267-2008
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2007-10-31
Posted: 2007-11-29
Terminated: 2009-08-31
Recalling firm: Teleflex Medical
Product: Pilling Center-Action Forceps with Insulated Shafts- Elongated Cup Biopsy Jaws, Catalog Number: 505039, Non Sterile, Rx Only, (30 CM), Manufactured for: Teleflex Medical, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA
Product code: HTD Forceps
Reason for recall: The specified insulation is not present on the shaft of the devices, leaving a risk of arcing and/or damage to surrounding tissue.
Root cause tag: manufacturing process
FDA root cause: Process control
Action: Consignees were notified by an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter on/about 11/1/2007. They were instructed to immediately cease use and distribution of the affected product and to return them to Teleflex Medical, Durham, NC. In addition, each were instructed to forward the letter if they had further distribution into institutional settings or to homecare patients and retrieve relevant product form those locations. An Acknowledgement & Stock Status Form was enclosed to be completed and faxed back to Teleflex Medical.
Quantity in commerce: 49
Distribution: Worldwide: USA including states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NV, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WV, and countries of Canada, France New Zealand and Singapore.
Product codes and lots: Date Codes: WW5, MM6 and SS7

Product code HTD

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.

MDM adds the root cause tag, derived from FDA’s own root cause text, and the cross-links to the product code, the clearances named on the record and MDM coverage. Where a recall has not been joined to an enforcement report, no classification is shown.

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)