Medical device licence · 34212 · Class 3
ESSURE PERMANENT BIRTH CONTROL SYSTEM
No longer licensed: discontinued at renewal
Licence status Discontinued at renewal; first licensed November 23, 2001; ended October 25, 2017. It is in Health Canada’s archive of licences no longer in force.
- Licence number
- 34212
- Licence holder
- Bayer Pharma AgBerlin, Germany
- Risk class
- Class III (moderate to high risk)
- Licence type
- Device Group Family
- First licensed
- November 23, 2001
- Ended
- October 25, 2017
- Devices covered
- 2
Devices on this licence
By name, as listed. The official record lists model numbers and identifiers.
- ESSURE PBC
- ESSURE PERMANENT BIRTH CONTROL SYSTEM
Recalls and safety alerts that mention it
Health Canada’s recall notices do not carry licence numbers, so these are matched by name: notices whose title or product names “essure”. A notice may cover another product or only some lots: read it to see what it covers.
- Essure Permanent Birth Control SystemFebruary 9, 2017 · Medical devices · Type II
- ESSURE (permanent birth control system) - Risk of Serious ComplicationsMay 31, 2016 · Medical devices · Product safety
- ESSURE PERMANENT BIRTH CONTROL SYSTEM (2016-03-10)April 12, 2016 · Medical devices · Medical devices · Type II
Class I devices, the lowest-risk group, mostly need no device licence, so most are not in this list.