The Recall Desk

Hazard

Improper Needle Placement recalls

1 recall in our database tag this hazard, drawn from FDA, USDA FSIS, CPSC, and NHTSA source notices.

What the numbers show

Total
1
Critical
0
Severe
1
Most recent
2015-08-12

Of the 1 improper needle placement recalls we have scored against our rubric, 0 (0%) are Critical — deaths or serious injuries reported, or the agency’s own highest classification — and 1 (100%) are Severe.

About this hazard tag

Hazard tags are short, machine-readable labels we attach to every recall to make cross-cutting queries possible — “all improper needle placement recalls regardless of agency”, “all listeria recalls in California”, “all airbag recalls in 2025”. The tags are extracted from each recall’s source text during the LLM rewrite step and validated against a fixed schema.

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  • SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-2324-2015·2015-08-12

    Medtronic Passive Biopsy Needle Kit Recalled for Adhesive Defect

    Medtronic is recalling 1,415 Passive Biopsy Needle Kits because compromised adhesive may cause the sphere assembly to move, leading to inaccurate navigation during brain biopsies.

    Product
    Medtronic Passive Biopsy Needle Kit, Part Number 9733068 - Passive Biopsy Needle Kit. The image guided Passive Biopsy Needle is an accessory instrument with the StealthStation System. The Biopsy Needle is intended to be used for stereotaxy biopsy of brain tissue.
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide