Reported May 1, 2013 · Terminated

ORTHOCORD One Violet and One Blue Braided Composite Suture with MO-7 Taper Needles, Catalog Number: 223114. For use in…

DePuy Mitek, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Co.

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: DePuy Mitek, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Co. · 325 Paramount Drive · Raynham, MA · 02767-5199

Is this the product you have?

  • ORTHOCORD One Violet and One Blue Braided Composite Suture with MO-7 Taper Needles
  • Catalog Number223114. For use in general soft tissue approximation, and/or ligation, including orthopedic procedures
Lot codes and dates
  • ALL from Jan 1 2010 - Corrected IFU implementation date
Amount recalled
206540

This recall covers 5 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 4 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

The IFU provided with the free strand ORTHOCORD sutures currently indicates that approximately 100% suture strength remains at six weeks after implantation. While this statement is true for Violet ORTHOCORD sutures, it is an inaccurate statement for Blue ORTHOCORD free strand sutures. Based on in-vivo strength retention study, a Blue ORTHOCORD sutures maintain approximately 80% of strength at six

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 Feb 24, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:33 PM UTC

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