HEALICOIL RSB SA 4.75MM W/1 UT & 1 UB BL-- Absorbable Suture anchor Product Number: 72203704
Medical device recall Z-0168-2021. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 28, 2020.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 28, 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
- 263,874 (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?
Product packaging improper or incomplete seal of the pouch surrounding the sterile product may result in a breach of the sterile barrier created by the pouch
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
HEALICOIL RSB SA 4.75MM W/1 UT & 1 UB BL-- Absorbable Suture anchor Product Number: 72203704
263,874 (total), in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Batch Numbers: 2014657 2013922 2013943 2013986 2016204 2016148 2016205 2016243 2017825 2017855 2017857 2018810 2018751 2018750 2021052 2020060 2020061 2020062 2021397 2021459 2021463 2023236 2023281 2023282 2023341 2024779 2024736 2024781…
Every code shown here, 878 characters
Batch Numbers: 2014657 2013922 2013943 2013986 2016204 2016148 2016205 2016243 2017825 2017855 2017857 2018810 2018751 2018750 2021052 2020060 2020061 2020062 2021397 2021459 2021463 2023236 2023281 2023282 2023341 2024779 2024736 2024781 2024825 2024827 2025052 2025053 2024829 2025199 2025201 2025430 2027466 2027433 2027499 2029348 2029349 2029397 2029396 2027404 2030950 2030951 2031020 2031021 2031154 2031155 2032822 2032823 2033289 2033288 2034424 2034425 2034497 2035498 2035499 2035535 2035536 2034496 2036303 2036304 2034494 2034495 2036723 2037189 2037149 2037150 2038326 2038327 2038468 2038467 2038802 2039670 2039262 2039450 2039608 2040107 2041200 2041069 2042595 2042596 2042775 2042776 2045868 2048386 2048387 2048388 2048389 2049911 2049912 2049907 2049909 2049910 2049908 2052168 2053908 2053909 2053910 2053911 2056075 2056076 2056077 2056078 2056079 2056425
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.
Nationwide Foreign: AE, AT, AU, BE, BM, BR, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CY, CZ, DE, DK, DO, EC, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GE, GR, HK, HU, IE, IL, IN, IT, JP,KR, LV,MY, NL, NO, PA,PE, PL, PR, PT, RU, SE, SG, SI, TH, TR, TW, UA, & ZA
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 Sep 9, 2020.
- FDA classified it on Oct 21, 2020.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Oct 28, 2020.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Smith & Nephew, Inc., of Andover, MA.
- 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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