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      "city": "Schaumburg",
      "state": "IL",
      "country": "United States",
      "classification": "Class II",
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      "product_type": "Devices",
      "event_id": "69471",
      "recalling_firm": "Instrumed International, Inc.",
      "address_1": "626 Cooper Ct",
      "address_2": "N/A",
      "postal_code": "60173-4537",
      "voluntary_mandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
      "initial_firm_notification": "Letter",
      "distribution_pattern": "Nationwide Distribution including AZ, CA, FL, IL, KS, MI, NC, OH, PA, TN, TX, and VA.",
      "recall_number": "Z-0532-2015",
      "product_description": "A uterine tenaculum is a hook-like instrument used to seize and hold the cervix or fundus sold under the CareFusion, Teleflex Medical, Symmetry Surgical brand names.  A uterine tenaculum is a hook-like instrument used to seize and hold the cervix or fundus.",
      "product_quantity": "26 tenaculum hooks",
      "reason_for_recall": "The reason these devices are being withdrawn from the market by Instrumed is that Instrumed did not market these devices prior to September 26, 1976, and therefore, does not meet all FDA requirements to market the devices as "Pre-Amendment" devices.",
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