Reported Jan 16, 2019 · Terminated

PROXIMATE¿ HCS Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler Product Code: PPH01 PPH01: The PROXIMATE¿ HCS Hemorrhoidal Circular…

Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.

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

Is this the product you have?

  • PROXIMATE¿ HCS Hemorrhoidal
  • Circular Stapler Product CodePPH01
  • PPH01The PROXIMATE¿ HCS Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler 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
  • Lot Codes
    • P9461W
    • P94K20
Amount recalled
480 units

This recall covers 2 products

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

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler may have been assembled without a washer, this may potentially cause bleeding or soft tissue injury during use as the device may not fully cut when fired

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 29, 2020 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:30 PM UTC

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