Endo GIA Auto Suture Universal Loading Unit
Medical device recall Z-0007-2021. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 7, 2020.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 7, 2020. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 900,007 total how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
The device staples may not properly form upon application preventing adequate hemostasis. Use of a product with this assembly error may result in incomplete staple formation.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Endo GIA Auto Suture Universal Loading Unit, Item Code 030457 - Product Usage: The Endo GIA universal staplers have applications in abdominal, gynecologic, pediatric and thoracic surgery for resection, transection and creation of anastomosis.
900,007 total, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot Numbers: T0A104X T7L042X T8D056X T8L032X T9D044X T0C041X T7L043X T8E053X T8L051X T9D047X T0C042X T7L044X T8E054X T8L104X T9D048X T7F018X T7L045X T8F041X T8L105X T9D049X T7F023X T7L046X T8F042X T8M045X T9D055X T7F024X T7L047X T8F043X…
Every code shown here, 532 characters
Lot Numbers: T0A104X T7L042X T8D056X T8L032X T9D044X T0C041X T7L043X T8E053X T8L051X T9D047X T0C042X T7L044X T8E054X T8L104X T9D048X T7F018X T7L045X T8F041X T8L105X T9D049X T7F023X T7L046X T8F042X T8M045X T9D055X T7F024X T7L047X T8F043X T9A007X T9E025X T7J006X T8A005X T8F075X T9A008X T9F051X T7J011X T8A006X T8J011X T9B041X T9H144X T7J012X T8A041X T8K063X T9B042X T9J034X T7K030X T8A042X T8L028X T9C067X T9K078X T7K031X T8C039X T8L029X T9C068X T9K079X T7K032X T8C040X T8L030X T9C146X T9L020X T7K033X T8D055X T8L031X T9C157X T9L034X
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and Global Distribution.
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Aug 12, 2020.
- FDA classified it on Oct 1, 2020.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Oct 7, 2020.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Covidien, LP, of North Haven, CT.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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