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      "city": "Feldkirchen",
      "state": "N/A",
      "country": "Germany",
      "classification": "Class II",
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      "product_type": "Devices",
      "event_id": "67017",
      "recalling_firm": "Brainlab AG",
      "address_1": "Kapellenstrasse 12",
      "address_2": "N/A",
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      "voluntary_mandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
      "initial_firm_notification": "Letter",
      "distribution_pattern": "Worldwide Distribution - USA including CA, MN, NC, NY, OH, TX and DC.  Internationally to Australia, Chile, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Panama, Qatar, Russia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates.",
      "recall_number": "Z-0967-2014",
      "product_description": "BrainLAB's VectorVision spine is intended for use as an intraoperative image-guided localization system for minimally invasive surgery. It links a freehand probe, tracked by a passive marker sensor system to virtual computer image space on a patient's preoperative image data that is processed by a VectorVision workstation.  The system is indicated for any medical condition in which the use of stereoscopic surgery may be appropriate and where a reference to a rigid anatomical structure, such as the skull, the pelvis, a long bone or vertebra can be identified relative to a CT, x-ray, or MR-based model of the anatomy.",
      "product_quantity": "25 units",
      "reason_for_recall": "Brainlab has determined that pins of thee Instrument Star Unit ML (Calibration with ICM4) with specific serial numbers might have been made of an incorrect material that is not suitable for the necessary disinfection and sterilization of the product. If corrosion occurs and is not detected by the user, and the device is used during surgery, corroded particles of the pin could, directly or indirect",
      "recall_initiation_date": "20131115",
      "center_classification_date": "20140210",
      "termination_date": "20170313",
      "report_date": "20140219",
      "code_info": "Model/Catalog Code: 55830-25A Instrument Star Unit ML;   Serial Numbers (US Devices): 1205112007, 1205112010, 1205112011, 1205112013, 1205112014, 1205112019, 1205112021, 1205112029, 1205112034, 1205112045;   Serial Numbers (Non-US Devices): 1205112004, 1205112006, 1205112008, 1205112009, 1205112015, 1205112016, 1205112017, 1205112018, 1205112020, 1205112023, 1205112025, 1205112026, 1205112027, 1205112030, 1205112032"
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