4.5 x 180 mm
Medical device recall Z-0526-2025. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Dec 4, 2024.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Dec 4, 2024. Copied from openFDA on Oct 24, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 15 states named
- 105 devices 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?
Due to holes detected in the inner barrier system that may compromise the sterility of the affected products.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
4.5 x 180 mm REF 28208BKS Aggressive Cutter, sterile, 6x 3.5 x 70 mm REF 28206CBS Full Radius Resector, sterile, 6x 5.5 x 120 mm REF 28205NDS Aggr. Pro Line Shaver Blade, sterile, 6x 5.5 x 120 mm REF 20205FDS Round Burr, sterile, 6x 6.5 x 120 mm REF 28205HES, Aggressive Barrel Burr, sterile, 6x 4.2 x 120 mm REF 28205GDS Finish Barrel Burr, sterile, 6x 5.5 x 180 mm REF 28208IDS Semi Hooded Barrel Burr, sterile, 6x 5.5 x 120 mm REF 28205HDS Aggressive Barrel Burr, sterile, 6x
105 devices, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Material Number: 28208BKS UDI-DI code: 04048551110751 Lot Numbers: 81375N 84424N 84813N 85013N 86065N 86387N 88675N 88377N 89289N 89032N 89365N 89635N 89971N 90202N 93038N 91838N Material Number: 28206CBS UDI-DI code: Lot Numbers: 80066N…
Every code shown here, 1,431 characters
Material Number: 28208BKS UDI-DI code: 04048551110751 Lot Numbers: 81375N 84424N 84813N 85013N 86065N 86387N 88675N 88377N 89289N 89032N 89365N 89635N 89971N 90202N 93038N 91838N Material Number: 28206CBS UDI-DI code: Lot Numbers: 80066N 81369N 83233N 83478N 84444N 85877N 90894N Material Number: 28205NDS UDI-DI code: Lot Numbers: 83468N 84074N 83220N 84265N 84410N 85015N 84809N 85357N 86362N 87048N 91382N 93323N Material Number: 28205FDS UDI-DI code: Lot Numbers: 82968N 84246N 83460N 84416N 84440N 85352N 86057N 87456N 86361N 86091N 87049N 88223N 82233N 88755N 88491N 89902N 90702N 90200N 90531N 92248N 93022N 96143N 95045N Material Number: 28205HES UDI-DI code: Lot Numbers: 81806N 84978N 82127N 86078N 88756N 79745N 89950N 90679N 90911N 92548N-3 92548N-2 92548N-1 93707N 93027N 92955N 91032N 95051N 92995N Material Number: 28205GDS UDI-DI code: Lot Numbers: 82969N 83245N 84247N 84804N 85880N 85353N 87045N 90214N 86380N 90532N 93023N 91039N 95046N 95679N Material Number: 28208IDS UDI-DI code: Lot Numbers: 83236N 83268N 82133N 84447N 85362N 86364N 87863N 86807N 88483N 89033N 89024N 89905N 89679N 89959N 90913N 92551N-2 92552N-1 92552N-2 92551N-1 91318N 93033N 91381N 93086N 94862N Material Number: 28205HDS UDI-DI code: Lot Numbers: 83219N 83466N 84250N 85184N 84808N 86084N 86085N 86388N 86049N 87864N 88408N 88481N 88767N 89027N 89657N 89949N 89957N 90510N 91490N 93330N 93349N 91031N 90910N 91040N 93026N 93997N 93035N
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 - U.S. Nationwide distribution in the states of AL, FL, IA, IN, KS, MA, MO, MT, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX, TN, and VA. The countries of Canada and Germany.
The states and territories these words name
15 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- Florida
- Iowa
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
- Montana
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
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 Oct 11, 2024.
- FDA classified it on Nov 25, 2024.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Dec 4, 2024.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Karl Storz Endoscopy, of El Segundo, CA.
- 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 23, 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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