FDA-Device2024-12-25Class I

Ambler Surgical Bipolar Pencil 25 Gauge Straight. Model/Catalog Number: PD7226. The Disposable Microsurgical Bipolar Pencil are designed for use in eye surgery, and other soft tissue procedures. For instance, the pencils are designed for cauterization of the retinal area during surgical procedures. The current line of pencils all have the same molded handle. The pencils' tip outer diameter is 25 gauge. Component: No

Kirwan Surgical Products, LLC
Hazard

Potential for the outer stainless-steel tube to break or detach.

Sold states
Worldwide - US Nationwide including PUERTO RICO; AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHILE, COLOMBIA, DENMARK, EGYPT, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH AFRICA, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TRINIDAD, TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, and VENEZUELA.
Affected count
4,470 units
Manufactured in
180 Enterprise Dr, Marshfield, MA, United States
Products
Ambler Surgical Bipolar Pencil 25 Gauge Straight. Model/Catalog Number: PD7226. The Disposable Microsurgical Bipolar Pencil are designed for use in eye surgery, and other soft tissue procedures. For instance, the pencils are designed for cauterization of the retinal area during surgical procedures. The current line of pencils all have the same molded handle. The pencils' tip outer diameter is 25 gauge. Component: No

Official notice

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-0657-2025

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