Parietex Composite Parastomal Mesh (Product Number PCOPM15 / PCOPM20) Product Usage: The PCOPM15 and PCOPM20…
Medical device recall Z-0461-2019. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 21, 2018.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 21, 2018. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 7333 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 firm is issuing this voluntary removal following receipt of reports of parastomal mesh failure identified several years following parastomal hernia repair using the modified Sugarbaker repair technique. In these reports, product failure led to hernia recurrence requiring additional surgical treatment. Symptoms of hernia recurrence may include discomfort, localized pain-free or painful bulging, and possible changes in the overlying skin. Medtronic has received, worldwide, a total of ten reports of mesh failure following use of the product in the last five years. Patients who have received a Parietex” composite parastomal mesh for the treatment of a parastomal hernia should continue to receive ongoing monitoring by their healthcare providers for the recurrence of a parastomal hernia.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Parietex Composite Parastomal Mesh (Product Number PCOPM15 / PCOPM20) Product Usage: The PCOPM15 and PCOPM20 reorder codes are circular in shape, made from a three-dimensional monofilament polyester fabric with a two-dimensional monofilament polyester central band. One side of the design is completely covered with the hydrophilic film. On the opposite side, only the two-dimensional central band is coated with the absorbable hydrophilic film. The film extends 5 mm over the external edge of the reinforcement. The Parietex composite parastomal mesh is indicated for the reinforcement of soft tissues during surgical repair, and specifically for the repair of parastomal hernias. The non-absorbable polyester mesh provides long term reinforcement of soft tissues. The absorbable hydrophilic film minimizes tissue attachment to the mesh when in direct contact with the viscera.
7333, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lots PNI0064 PNI0065 PNI0402 PNJ0496 PNJ0989 PNJ0990 PNK0641 PNL0037 PNL0039 PNL0631 POA0469X POA0963X POB0030X POB0797X POC0036X POC0726X POD0033X POD0036X POD1016X POE0149X POE0262X POE0727X POF0295X POF0298X POG0047X POH0069X POH0070X…
Every code shown here, 1,344 characters
Lots PNI0064 PNI0065 PNI0402 PNJ0496 PNJ0989 PNJ0990 PNK0641 PNL0037 PNL0039 PNL0631 POA0469X POA0963X POB0030X POB0797X POC0036X POC0726X POD0033X POD0036X POD1016X POE0149X POE0262X POE0727X POF0295X POF0298X POG0047X POH0069X POH0070X POI0260X POI0261X POI0489X POJ0418X POJ0880X POK0364X POK0366X POK0789X POK0790X POL0082X PPA0226X PPA0227X PPA0508X PPA0509X PPB0779X PPB0780X PPC0578X PPD0409X PPD0410X PPE0215X PPE0509X PPF0179X PPF0181X PPF0836X PPG0035X PPG0723X PPH0355X PPI0630X PPI0631X PPI1144X PPI1145X PPJ0234X PPJ0235X PPJ0698X PPK0523X PPK0524X PPL0082X PPL0353X PQA0483X PQC0100X PQC0102X PQD0395X PQD0397X PQE0187X PQE0802X PQG0391X PQG1150X PQG1152X PQH0608X PQH0610X PQI1246X PQI1248X PQJ0971X PQJ0973X PQK0314X PQK0316X PQL0150X PQL0479X PQL0481X PRA1193X PRA1195X PRA1655X PRA1657X PRA2444X PRA2446X PRB1650X PRB1652X PRB2015X PRB2017X PRC0392X PRC0394X PRC1062X PRC1064X PRD0248X PRD0250X PRD0547X PRD0549X PRD1170X PRD1172X PRE0479X PRE0481X PRE1319X PRF0408X PRF0410X PRG0382X PRG1020X PRG1022X PRH0323X PRH0325X PRI0530X PRI0531X PRI1166X PRI1168X PRI1409X PRI1411X PRJ0480X PRJ0482X PRK0758X PRK0760X PRK1140X PRK1142X PRL0129X PRL0131X PRL0528X PRL0530X PSA0833X PSA0835X PSA1207X PSA1209X PSB0936X PSB0938X PSC0186X PSC0188X PSD0420X PSD0422X PSE0906X PSE0908X PSF0217X PSF0219X PSG0778X PSG0780X RQA1121X PRG0380X
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
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?
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 Oct 5, 2018.
- FDA classified it on Nov 14, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Nov 21, 2018.
- FDA terminated it on May 7, 2020.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Covidien LLC, 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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