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      "city": "Redwood City",
      "state": "CA",
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      "classification": "Class II",
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      "event_id": "72687",
      "recalling_firm": "Cardica, Inc.",
      "address_1": "900 Saginaw Dr",
      "address_2": "N/A",
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      "voluntary_mandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
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      "distribution_pattern": "Worldwide Distribution -- USA, distributed to the states of Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin ; and, to the countries of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Qatar.",
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      "product_description": "MicroCutter Xchange 30 Blue Curved Tip Cartridge. Model Number: FG-025321;  The MicroCutter XCHANGE 30 Blue Cartridge and MicroCutter XCHANGE 30 Blue Curved Tip Cartridge contain 316L stainless steel staples. The cartridges are used with the MicroCutter XCHANGE 30 Stapler, which is a single patient device. When the MicroCutter XCHANGE 30 Stapler is loaded with a MicroCutter XCHANGE 30 Cartridge, two double rows of 316L stainless steel staples are delivered while simultaneously transecting tissue between the two, double staple rows. The MicroCutter XCHANGE 30 Stapler and MicroCutter XCHANGE 30 Cartridge are designed for introduction and use through a 5mm trocar cannula or larger. The staple line length is 30 mm long. The Stapler can be loaded, fired, and reloaded with the MicroCutter XCHANGE 30 Cartridge for up to the number deployments indicated on package label in a single surgical procedure. The Stapler can fire different sized staples, with the size of the staple indicated by the color of the MicroCutter XCHANGE Cartridges.    Intended for use in multiple open or minimally invasive surgical procedures for the transaction, resection, and /or creation of anastomoses in small and large intestine as well as the transection of the appendix.",
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      "reason_for_recall": "Cardica, Inc. has received reports that use of the Blue Cartridges with the MicroCutter  XCHANGE 30 Stapler was associated with incomplete firing of staples, potentially resulting in an  incomplete transection or anastomosis of tissue during the surgical procedure.",
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      "report_date": "20151230",
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