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      "city": "Research Triangle Park",
      "state": "NC",
      "country": "United States",
      "classification": "Class II",
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      "product_type": "Devices",
      "event_id": "67733",
      "recalling_firm": "Teleflex Medical",
      "address_1": "2917 Weck Dr.",
      "address_2": "N/A",
      "postal_code": "27709",
      "voluntary_mandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
      "initial_firm_notification": "Letter",
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      "product_description": "Sutures, Non-absorbable, Steel, Monofilament and Multifilament, Sterile, Rx only,     Product Usage:  A smooth or threaded metallic bone fixation fastener is a device intended to be implanted that consists of a stiff wire segment or rod made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum and stainless steel, and that may be smooth on the outside, fully or partially threaded, straight or Ushaped; and may be either blunt pointed, sharp pointed, or have a formed, slotted head on the end. It may be used for fixation of bone fractures, for bone reconstructions, as a guide pin for insertion of other implants, or it may be implanted through the skin so that a pulling force (traction) may be applied to the skeletal system.",
      "product_quantity": "Total 32,271 ea.",
      "reason_for_recall": "The products are being recalled because they did not meet minimum needle attachment strength requirements.",
      "recall_initiation_date": "20140311",
      "center_classification_date": "20140325",
      "termination_date": "20170815",
      "report_date": "20140402",
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