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Argus II Retinal Prosthesis Kit (2018-09-04) — recall 58513

Health Canada — Medical Devices · Canada · 2018-10-19 · Type III

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Agency
Health Canada — Medical Devices
Recall identifier
58513
Date of alert
2018-10-19
Country / jurisdiction
Canada
Risk level
Type III
Risk type
recall
Product category
Medical devices
Product type
Medical devices
Reported risk: It was discovered that the ability to clone a Video Processing Unit (VPU) from the patient's data transfer file is not available to the programmer when the patient is implanted with the following specific models of the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis: device identifier 011015-001-K and 011016-001-K.
Primary source: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/argus-ii-retinal-prosthesis-ki

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