Device recall

Z-1839-2015: Ethicon Fast Absorbing Plain Gut - MultiPass Needles, Sterile, Absorbable…

FDA device recall · Class II · Ethicon, Inc.

Key facts

Recall number (Z-number) Z-1839-2015
Recall event 71373
Product Ethicon Fast Absorbing Plain Gut - MultiPass Needles, Sterile, Absorbable Surgical Suture, 5-0 (1.5 metric), 18" (45 cm), Conventional Cutting, Lot #JD6163, Exp: July 2019. Fast absorbing surgical gut suture is a strand of collagenous material prepared from the submucosal layers of the small…
Product code GAL
Recalling firm Ethicon, Inc.
Recall class Class II
Status Terminated
Termination date Jun 6, 2017
510(k) numbers K946173
FEI number 2210968

At a glance

  • 1–9 Linked 510(k)s
  • 1–9 Products in the same recall event
  • 1–9 Recalled products with this product code

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Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Medical Device Recalls database

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