FDA-Device2019-09-18Class I
McGhan Croissant-Shaped Tissue Expanders, Style 134 Product Usage: intended for temporary subcutaneous implantation and require periodic, incremental inflation with sterile saline for injection until the desired amount of tissue is developed.
Allergan PLC
Hazard
The action was initiated following notification by the U.S. FDA of their recently updated, global safety information concerning the higher incidence of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) in patients who have textured breast implants.
Sold states
Worldwide Distribution and US Nationwide All fifty (50) US States, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY). OUS: Bermuda, Canada, Chile, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Affected count
4,026,287 Breast Implants and Tissue Expanders Combined in total
Manufactured in
2525 Dupont Dr, Irvine, CA, United States
Products
McGhan Croissant-Shaped Tissue Expanders, Style 134 Product Usage: intended for temporary subcutaneous implantation and require periodic, incremental inflation with sterile saline for injection until the desired amount of tissue is developed.
Official notice
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-2458-2019Don't want to check this manually?
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