GORE TAG, THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS, CONFORMABLE
Medical device recall Z-0048-2018. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 1, 2017.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 1, 2017. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Not named no state, in where it went
- 12,197units 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?
Incomplete and/or partial deployment of the CTAG Device during the endovascular procedure.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
GORE TAG, THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS, CONFORMABLE. The GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis is intended for endovascular repair of all lesions of the descending thoracic aorta.
12,197units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Serial Numbers: TGE212110 TGE212110 TGE212110K TGU212110 TGU212110H TGU212110B TGU212110J TGE262610 TGE262610 TGE262610K TGU262610 TGU262610H TGU262610B TGU262610J TGE282810 TGE282810 TGE282810K TGU282810 TGU282810H TGU282810B TGU282810J…
Every code shown here, 1,561 characters
Serial Numbers: TGE212110 TGE212110 TGE212110K TGU212110 TGU212110H TGU212110B TGU212110J TGE262610 TGE262610 TGE262610K TGU262610 TGU262610H TGU262610B TGU262610J TGE282810 TGE282810 TGE282810K TGU282810 TGU282810H TGU282810B TGU282810J TGE282815 TGE282815 TGE282815K TGU282815 TGU282815H TGU282815B TGU282815J TGE313110 TGE313110 TGE313110K TGU313110 TGU313110H TGU313110B TGU313110J TGE313115 TGE313115 TGE313115K TGU313115 TGU313115H TGU313115B TGU313115J TGE343410 TGE343410 TGE343410K TGU343410 TGU343410H TGU343410B TGU343410J TGE343415 TGE343415 TGE343415K TGU343415 TGU343415H TGU343415B TGU343415J TGE343420 TGE343420 TGE343420K TGU343420 TGU343420H TGU343420B TGU343420J TGE373710 TGE373710 TGE373710K TGU373710 TGU373710H TGU373710B TGU373710J TGE373715 TGE373715 TGE373715K TGU373715 TGU373715H TGU373715B TGU373715J TGE373720 TGE373720 TGE373720K TGU373720 TGU373720H TGU373720B TGU373720J TGE404010 TGE404010 TGE404010K TGU404010 TGU404010H TGU404010B TGU404010J TGE404015 TGE404015 TGE404015K TGU404015 TGU404015H TGU404015B TGU404015J TGE404020 TGE404020 TGE404020K TGU404020 TGU404020H TGU404020B TGU404020J TGE454510 TGE454510 TGE454510K TGU454510 TGU454510H TGU454510B TGU454510J TGE454515 TGE454515 TGE454515K TGU454515 TGU454515H TGU454515B TGU454515J TGE454520 TGE454520 TGE454520K TGU454520 TGU454520H TGU454520B TGU454520J TGE262110 TGE262110 TGE262110K TGU262110 TGU262110H TGU262110B TGU262110J TGE312610 TGE312610 TGE312610K TGU312610 TGU312610H TGU312610B TGU312610J TGU212115J TGU212120J TGU262615J TGU262620J TGU282820J TGU313120J
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.
These words name no state.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, 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 Sep 25, 2017.
- FDA classified it on Oct 25, 2017.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Nov 1, 2017.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 27, 2019.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- W L Gore & Associates, Inc., of Flagstaff, AZ.
- 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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