Medical Device Safety and Recalls: Cook Medical, Beacon Tip Angiographic Catheters, Catheter Tip May Slip or Separate

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Title: Medical Device Safety and Recalls: Cook Medical, Beacon Tip Angiographic Catheters, Catheter Tip May Slip or Separate

A recall has been issued for Cook Medical, Beacon Tip Angiographic Catheters. Cook Medical has received complaints that the catheter tip may split or separate from the catheter. If this occurs, the tip could enter the patient’s bloodstream. This could cause serious injury to the patient and require additional medical intervention to retrieve the tip, or cause death. Tip splitting or separation may also cause the device to stop working.

For more information, please see: http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/ListofRecalls/ucm457629.htm.

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