Reported Oct 10, 2018 · Terminated

EEA Circular Stapler with Tri-Staple Technology, Part No. TRIEEA28MT TRIEEA28XT TRIEEA31MT TRIEEA31XT Product Usage:…

Covidien LLC

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 LLC · 15 Hampshire St · Mansfield, MA · 02048-1113

Is this the product you have?

  • EEA Circular Stapler with Tri-Staple Technology, Part No. TRIEEA28MT TRIEEA28XT
  • TRIEEA31MT TRIEEA31XT Product UsageThe EEA Circular Stapler with Tri-Staple Technology places a circular, triple staggered row of titanium staples and resects the excess tissue, creating a circular anastomosis
Lot codes and dates
    • P8A0976X
    • P8A0977X
    • P8A0978X
    • P8A0979X
    • P8A0980X
    • P8A0981X
    • P8B1538X
    • P8B1539X
    • P8B1540X
    • P8B1541X
    • P8B1542X
    • P8C0032X
    • P8C0033X
    • P8C1177X
    • P8C1178X
    • P8C1179X
    • P8C1180X
    • P8C1181X
    • P8C1183X
    • P8D1405X
    • P8D1406X
    • P8D1407X
    • P8D1408X
    • P8D1409X
    • P8D1410X
    • P8D1411X
    • P8E1211X
    • P8E1212X
    • P8E1213X
    • P8E1214X
    • P8E1215X
    • P8E1216X
    • P8E1217X
    • P8E1304X
    • P8E1305X
Amount recalled
1,902

This recall covers 7 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 6 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

The firm identified the potential for a device to have an incorrect tissue gap. Use of a device with an incorrect tissue gap may result in incomplete staple formation and/or the inability to remove the device from tissue following application potentially leading to bleeding, anastomotic leak or tissue trauma. There have been no reports of serious injury related to this issue.

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

Notice updated Apr 10, 2020 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:52 PM UTC

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