Reported Oct 7, 2020 · Ongoing

Covidien Best Practices Procedure Kits containing Auto Suture Endo GIA Universal Loading Units, Parent Codes 00Z2760 -…

Covidien, LP

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Covidien, LP · 60 Middletown Ave · North Haven, CT · 06473-3908

Is this the product you have?

  • Covidien Best Practices Procedure Kits containing Auto Suture Endo GIA Universal Loading Units
  • Parent Codes 00Z2760 - Product UsageThe Endo GIA universal staplers have applications in abdominal, gynecologic, pediatric and thoracic surgery for resection, transection and creation of anastomosis
Lot codes and dates
  • Lot Numbers00Z2117
Amount recalled
900,007 total

This recall covers 9 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 8 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

The device staples may not properly form upon application preventing adequate hemostasis. Use of a product with this assembly error may result in incomplete staple formation.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Data as of Sep 19, 7:48 PM UTC

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