HEALICOIL RG SA 5.5MM W/3 UB-BL CB BL BK- Absorbable Suture anchor Product Number: 72203707
Medical device recall Z-0171-2021. 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 RG SA 5.5MM W/3 UB-BL CB BL BK- Absorbable Suture anchor Product Number: 72203707
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: 2011426 2011425 2011427 2014000 2014001 2016191 2016231 2016190 2017773 2017813 2017845 2018741 2018798 2018852 2019891 2019890 2020050 2021455 2021497 2021545 2023183 2023182 2023271 2024718 2024720 2024722 2027219 2027436…
Every code shown here, 894 characters
Batch Numbers: 2011426 2011425 2011427 2014000 2014001 2016191 2016231 2016190 2017773 2017813 2017845 2018741 2018798 2018852 2019891 2019890 2020050 2021455 2021497 2021545 2023183 2023182 2023271 2024718 2024720 2024722 2027219 2027436 2027406 2029150 2029352 2029399 2030953 2030954 2031092 2031093 2031157 2031158 2032824 2032825 2033399 2033398 2033538 2033537 2035454 2035455 2035540 2035541 2036290 2036696 2037152 2038469 2038804 2038805 2039452 2039453 2039454 2039455 2041421 2041071 2041072 2041073 2041074 2042598 2042779 2042778 2045871 2045872 2045873 2045874 2045875 2044895 2046745 2048396 2048397 2048398 2048401 2048402 2048403 2049922 2049923 2049917 2049918 2048399 2049919 2049920 2049921 2051017 2051018 2051019 2052178 2052181 2052179 2052180 2052182 2052183 2053917 2053918 2053919 2053920 2056083 2053915 2056082 2048400 2056429 2056430 2056431 2057399 2057400 2057401
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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