Reported Feb 24, 2016 · Terminated

Best Practice Kits containing certain production lots of Endo GIA Ultra Universal Stapler Handles Product Usage: The…

Medtronic

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: Medtronic · 60 Middletown Ave · North Haven, CT · 06473-3908

Is this the product you have?

  • Best Practice Kits containing certain production lots of Endo GIA Ultra
  • Universal Stapler Handles Product UsageThe Endo GIA Ultra Universal Short, Endo GIA Ultra Universal and Endo GIA Ultra Universal XL staplers have applications in abdominal, gynecologic, pediatric and thoracic surgery for resection, transection and creation of anastomosis. It may be used for transection and resection of liver substance, hepatic vasculature and biliary structures. The Endo GIA Ultra Universal Short, Endo GIA Ultra Universal and Endo GIA Ultra Universal XL staplers when used with the Endo GIA curved tip single use reloads can be used to blunt dissect or separate target tissue from other tissue
Lot codes and dates
  • Kit Lot numbers

    115 of 115 codes

    • 00B0203
    • 00Z1924
    • 00Z1992
    • 00Z1993
    • 00Z2030
    • 00Z2062
    • 00Z2063
    • 00Z2072
    • 00Z2081
    • 00Z2090
    • 00Z2098
    • 00Z2117
    • 00Z2119
    • 00Z2121
    • 00Z2122
    • 00Z2123
    • 00Z2124
    • 00Z2129
    • 00Z2130
    • 00Z2133
    • 00Z2138
    • 00Z2139
    • 00Z2143
    • 00Z2145
    • 00Z2146
    • 00Z2147
    • 00Z2148
    • 00Z2150
    • 00Z2151
    • 00Z2152
    • 00Z2153
    • 00Z2154
    • 00Z2155
    • 00Z2159
    • 00Z2160
    • 00Z2161
    • 00Z2163
    • 00Z2164
    • 00Z2166
    • 00Z2167
    • 00Z2171
    • 00Z2172
    • 00Z2174
    • 00Z2175
    • 00Z2176
    • 00Z2177
    • 00Z2179
    • 00Z2181
    • 00Z2182
    • 00Z2183
    • 00Z2184
    • 00Z2187
    • 00Z2190
    • 00Z2191
    • 00Z2192
    • 00Z2193
    • 00Z2194
    • 00Z2198
    • 00Z2199
    • 00Z2200
    ENDOBARIATRICR ENDOBARIATRICS ENDOTHORACICL ENDOTHORACICS ENDOTHORACICW THORACICRR1 00Z2363 00Z2364 00Z2387
Amount recalled
2711 kits

This recall covers 4 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 3 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide
  • GA

Why it was recalled

Staplers fail to fire or partially fire and reports of the instrument articulating lever disengaging during use

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 Jul 18, 2019 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:00 PM UTC

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