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Orise gel pack and procedure kit

Official notice

30 Dec 2022

Last checked

30 Dec 2022

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Orise gel pack and procedure kit. Boston Scientific (BSC) initiated a field action in October 2022, communicating that remnant orise gel post-procedure can cause a foreign body reaction, appearing as mass formations and submucosal distortions. Since this time, BSC has become aware of additional events leading to unnecessary medical and surgical intervention. As a result, BSC now believes the occurrence is potentially higher than anticipated, therefore, this product is being removed from the market. Recall start date: December 15, 2022 Published 2022-12-30.

What to do now

Contact the manufacturer if you require additional information.

Recall number

72503

Official notice

2022-12-30

The hazard

Boston Scientific (BSC) initiated a field action in October 2022, communicating that remnant orise gel post-procedure can cause a foreign body reaction, appearing as mass formations and submucosal distortions. Since this time, BSC has become aware of additional events leading to unnecessary medical and surgical intervention. As a result, BSC now believes the occurrence is potentially higher than anticipated, therefore, this product is being removed from the market. Recall start date: December 15, 2022

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Recall Numbers

72503

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Affected products

Product 1

Affected products - Orise Gel Syringe Single Pack, Lot or serial number - All lots., Model or catalog number - M00519231 M00519210 M00519220 M00519221 M00519230 M00519211

Product 2

Affected products - Orise Gel Syringe Twin Pack, Lot or serial number - All lots., Model or catalog number - M00519201 M00519200

Product 3

Affected products - Orise Gel Twin Syringe Kit With Interject, Lot or serial number - All lots., Model or catalog number - Not applicable

Product 4

Affected products - Orise Proknife Procedure Kit, Lot or serial number - All lots., Model or catalog number - M00519400 M00519380 M00519390

Risk / hazard

Boston Scientific (BSC) initiated a field action in October 2022, communicating that remnant orise gel post-procedure can cause a foreign body reaction, appearing as mass formations and submucosal distortions. Since this time, BSC has become aware of additional events leading to unnecessary medical and surgical intervention. As a result, BSC now believes the occurrence is potentially higher than anticipated, therefore, this product is being removed from the market. Recall start date: December 15, 2022

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Boston Scientific, Orise Gel Pack And Procedure Kit.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

HEALTH

Classification

Type II

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

72503

Classification

Type II

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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