Reported Jul 25, 2018 · Ongoing

Endo GIA 45mm Curved Tip Articulating Vascular/Medium Reload with Tri-Staple Technology, Item Code EGIA45CTAVM

Covidien 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: COVIDIEN MEDTRONIC · 60 NIDDLETOWN AVE 2ND F · NORTH HAVEN, CT · 06473

Is this the product you have?

  • Endo GIA 45mm Curved Tip Articulating Vascular/Medium Reload with Tri-Staple Technology, Item Code EGIA45CTAVM
Lot codes and dates
  • N7L1041KX & N8A0199KX

This recall covers 14 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 13 are below.

1 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Device may be missing a sled component. The sled component is responsible for staple deployment. This may result in failure to form a staple line when tissue is divided, leading to bleeding or leakage of luminal contents.

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

Data as of Sep 19, 4:49 PM UTC

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