Device recall: Pilling Modular Verres Body/Obturator, Product Code 140880

FDA enforcement event 73267 · Class II · initiated 8 Jan 2015 · status Terminated · terminated 14 Apr 2017

DeviceVoluntary: Firm initiated1 product recordResearch Triangle Park, NC

Teleflex Medical (Research Triangle Park, NC) initiated this device recall on 8 Jan 2015; FDA lists 1 product record under event 73267, classified Class II.

FDA defines Class II as a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote. 91% of the 1,153 device enforcement events initiated in 2015 carry the same class.

Status: Terminated, terminated 14 Apr 2017. Initiation: voluntary: firm initiated. Teleflex Medical has 82 enforcement events on this register, with a median of 1 product record per event.

Recall classification reflects the relative degree of health hazard. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. openFDA export dated 28 Sep 2026.

Recalling firm

Teleflex Medical, Research Triangle Park, NC.

Reason for recall

"Packaging error in which customers who ordered product code 140880 (Verres cannula for use with a separately available needle tip) were incorrectly provided with product code 140878 (Verres cannula with integral needle tip)."

Distribution

"US Distribution to the state of : UT"

Product records

Recall number	Product	Quantity	Class	Status	Report date
Z-1178-2016	Pilling Modular Verres Body/Obturator, Product Code 140880	8	Class II	Terminated	23 Mar 2016

Context

91%of 2015 device events are Class II1,153 events that year

1product record in this eventfirm median: 1

82events on this register for the firm

Other enforcement events for Teleflex Medical

Initiated	Product (first record)	Type	Class	Records
30 Oct 2019	HUDSON RCI SHERIDAN SHERI-BRONCH Endobronchial Tube REF 5-16135 - Product Usage: The Sheridan Endobronchial Tubes are in	Device	Class II	1
8 Oct 2019	Arrow EZ-IO Intraosseous Vascular Access System 15mm Needle+Stabilizer Kit, Product Code 9018P-VC-005 - Product Usage: T	Device	Class II	3
4 Oct 2019	WECK AutoEndo5, Automatic Hem-O-Lok Clip Applier, REF AE05ML Automatic Endoscopic Surgical Ligating Clip Appliers are de	Device	Class II	2
30 Jul 2019	Hudson RCI Sheridan LTS: a) 4.0 mm, REF 5-11108 b) 5.0 mm, REF 5-11110 c) 6.0 mm, REF 5-11112 Product Usage: Tracheal tu	Device	Class I	8
1 Jul 2019	Rusch EasyCath Kit	Device	Class II	1
24 May 2019	Hudson RCI Sheridan LTS, Product Code 5-11112 Product Usage: Tracheal tube/airway management	Device	Class I	8
10 May 2019	Teleflex HUDSON RDI NEONATAL ConchaSmart Breathing Circuit with Dual Heated Limb and ConchaSmart Column: a) REF 870-07KI	Device	Class I	1
1 Apr 2019	RUSCH LASERTUBE (Rubber), Order No. : 102004-000040, REF 102004, SIZE I.D. mm 4,0	Device	Class II	5
27 Feb 2019	Teleflex MEDICAL RuSCH One piece Male External Regular Catheter W/O Tape, REF A1500	Device	Class III	2
14 Jan 2019	RUSCH CARE Premium Drain bag, 2000mlm REF 390000 urine collection device	Device	Class III	2

All 82 events for Teleflex Medical

Questions and answers

Why was this device recalled?

FDA's record gives the reason for recall as: "Packaging error in which customers who ordered product code 140880 (Verres cannula for use with a separately available needle tip) were incorrectly provided with product code 140878 (Verres cannula with integral needle tip)."

What does Class II mean?

FDA classifies recalls by relative degree of health hazard. Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

Where was the product distributed?

FDA's distribution pattern field reads: "US Distribution to the state of : UT"

Is the recall still ongoing?

FDA lists the status as Terminated; the termination date is 14 Apr 2017. "Terminated" means FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts to remove or correct the product have been made.

Where does this data come from?

openFDA enforcement reports (food, drug and device), CC0, export dated 28 Sep 2026. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. The FDA enforcement report linked above is authoritative.

Provenance

Source: openFDA device enforcement reports (CC0), export dated 28 Sep 2026; records grouped by FDA event number. The class shown for the event is the most severe class among its records. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.