Cook Medical's CloverSnare Recall Gets FDA's Highest-Risk Label

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The FDA issued a warning this month on Cook Medical's medical device recall, warning that a defect in certain of the company's CloverSnare 4-Loop Vascular Retrieval Snares could harm patients.

Federal device regulators gave the recall Class I status, reserved for "situations in which there is a reasonable probability that use of these products will cause serious adverse health consequences or death." Sign up to get our free newsletters delivered right to your inbox.

Cook recalled nearly 700 units of the CloverSnare devices after receiving complaints that the devices came apart during use.

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