Reported Oct 24, 2012 · Terminated

Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler and Accessories 33mm Product Usage: The PROXIMATE HCS Hemorrhoidal Circular Staplers,…

Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.

High riskUsing this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

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: Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc · 4545 Creek Rd · Cincinnati, OH · 45242-2803

Is this the product you have?

  • Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler
  • and Accessories 33mm Product UsageThe PROXIMATE HCS Hemorrhoidal Circular Staplers, (PPH01 and PPH03), and accessories have application for general surgical treatment of anorectal wall defects by means of transanal stapling and resection of mucosal and musculo mucosal tissue. The TRANSTARTM CIRCULAR STAPLER, (STR10), and accessories have application for general surgical treatment of anorectal wall defects by means of transanal stapling and resection of mucosal and musculomucosal tissue
Lot codes and dates
  • PPH01
    • 68 lots
    • 19
    • 030 pieces
    • Expiration date April 2016 -June 2017
  • PPH03
    • 494 lots
    • 144
    • 963 pieces
    • Expiration date March 2016 - June 2017
  • STR10
    • 3 lots
    • 432 pieces
    • Expiration date Sept 2016 - Oct 2016
Amount recalled
157,881 devices

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Stop using this product now

Ethicon Endo-Surgery initiated this voluntary global recall for specific production lots of PROXIMATE¿ PPH Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler and Accessories 33mm (PPH01 and PPH03) and Transtar¿ Circular Stapler Procedure Set (STR10) due to difficulty firing the device which may result in incomplete firing stroke that may result in an incomplete staple formation.

Using this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

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Where this came from

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

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Jul 12, 2013 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:51 PM UTC

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