Z-1500-2009

Arrow Balloon and stylet temporary pacing catheter

Name: Z-1500-2009 Arrow Balloon and stylet temporary pacing catheter
Creator: Arrow International Inc
Published: 2009-02-11
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Arrow International LLC (subsidiary of Teleflex Incorporated) / initiated 2009-02-11 / Terminated / root cause: design

FDA source

Arrow International Inc began a recall of Arrow Balloon and stylet temporary pacing catheter on 2009-02-11. The reason FDA records is "Leakage: Material not lipid resistant, may crack and/or leak. Use of this device with lipid containing solutions or 70% isopropyl alcohol may cause leakage or air embolism". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as design.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-1500-2009
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2009-02-11
Posted: 2009-06-24
Terminated: 2010-07-22
Recalling firm: Arrow International LLC (subsidiary of Teleflex Incorporated)
Product: Arrow Balloon and stylet temporary pacing catheter
Product code: LDF Electrode, Pacemaker, Temporary
Reason for recall: Leakage: Material not lipid resistant, may crack and/or leak. Use of this device with lipid containing solutions or 70% isopropyl alcohol may cause leakage or air embolism.
Root cause tag: design
FDA root cause: Device Design
Action: Arrow International issued a letter dated 2/18/09 to all customers informing them of the problem and if a lipid resistant stopcock is required to contact the firm for replacements. New labels state: Warning - do not use with lipid containing solutions or 70% isopropyl alcohol, as these solutions may cause leakage or air embolism.
Quantity in commerce: 900,000 total, all products
Distribution: Worldwide distribution: USA, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, and Venezuela.
Product codes and lots: All lots of Product codes listed in Z-1489-2009.

Product code LDF

K960479Class IIArrow Bipolar Pacing/balloon Wedge Pressure CatheterArrow Intl., Inc. / cleared 1996-10-17

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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 2026-10-07, the FDA export date for this dataset. Page last changed 2026-09-05. View this recall on fda.gov (opens on fda.gov)