THUNDERBEAT, 5MM, 35CM, Front-actuated Grip Type S
Medical device recall Z-0108-2024. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 18, 2023.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 18, 2023. 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
- 2496 units 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?
Thunderbeats blue seal button may remain in the engaged position after the button is released and not immediately return to a neutral position may result in prolonged surgery
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
THUNDERBEAT, 5MM, 35CM, Front-actuated Grip Type S. Model: TB-0535FCS Indicated for open, laparoscopic (including single-site surgery) general surgery and gynecological surgery (including urologic, thoracic, plastic and reconstructive, bowel resections, cholecystectomies, Nissen fundoplication, adhesiolysis, oophorectomy, hysterectomies (both vaginal assisted and abdominal) etc) and endoscopic surgery or in any procedure in which cutting, vessel ligation (sealing and cutting), coagulation, grasping, and dissection is performed
2496 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
UDI-DI: 4953170409677 Lot Numbers: KR271978 KR314612 KR314613 KR314615 KR314617 KR314618 KR314619 KR314621 KR314622 KR314623 KR314624 KR314626 KR314627 KR314628 KR314629 KR314630 KR314631 KR314632 KR314633 KR314634 KR314638 KR314640…
Every code shown here, 1,152 characters
UDI-DI: 4953170409677 Lot Numbers: KR271978 KR314612 KR314613 KR314615 KR314617 KR314618 KR314619 KR314621 KR314622 KR314623 KR314624 KR314626 KR314627 KR314628 KR314629 KR314630 KR314631 KR314632 KR314633 KR314634 KR314638 KR314640 KR314641 KR314644 KR314647 KR314648 KR314650 KR314651 KR314652 KR314654 KR314655 KR314657 KR314659 KR314660 KR314662 KR314663 KR314668 KR314670 KR314671 KR314672 KR314673 KR314674 KR314675 KR314676 KR314679 KR316617 KR316627 KR316629 KR316637 KR316683 KR319616 KR319643 KR319655 KR332609 KR332615 KR332616 KR332623 KR332626 KR335733 KR335754 KR335760 KR335769 KR335770 KR335776 KR335781 KR335784 KR335785 KR335794 KR335796 KR335836 PW308606 PW308607 PW308609 PW308611 PW308613 PW308615 PW308616 PW308663 PW308772 PW308773 PW308774 PW308775 PW308776 PW308786 PW308788 Lots Added January 11, 2024: KR271978 KR314619 KR314627 KR314633 KR314648 KR335770 KR310806 KR314612 KR314621 KR314628 KR314634 KR332616 KR335836 KR310809 KR314613 KR314622 KR314629 KR314638 KR332623 KR333661 KR314615 KR314623 KR314630 KR314640 KR332626 KR342666 KR314617 KR314624 KR314631 KR314641 KR335754 KR314618 KR314626 KR314632 KR314644 KR335769
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.
US Nationwide 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.
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 Sep 12, 2023.
- FDA classified it on Oct 12, 2023.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Oct 18, 2023.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Olympus Corporation of the Americas, of Center Valley, PA.
- 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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