GastriSail” Gastric Positioning Device Product Usage: The GastriSail gastric positioning system is indicated…
Medical device recall Z-0640-2018. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 28, 2018.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 28, 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
- 17,271 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?
Reports of gastric or esophageal perforation occurring in procedures where the GastriSail” Gastric Positioning device has been used.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
GastriSail” Gastric Positioning Device Product Usage: The GastriSail gastric positioning system is indicated for use in gastric and bariatric surgical procedures for the application of suction, decompression and to radially expand the stomach, to drain gastric fluids, to test for leaks, to provide visible and tactile delineation of the lesser curvature of the stomach and to serve as a sizing guide for gastric and bariatric procedures, such as sleeve gastrectomy.
17,271 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Product numbers: GPS36 (Pediatric) GPS40 (Adult) Lot codes: E6J0001X E6J0002X E6J0003X E6J0004X E6J0005X E6J0006X E6J0007X E6J0008X E6J0009X E6J0010X E6J0011X E6J0012X E6J0013X E6J0014X E6J0015X E6J0016X E6J0017X E6J0018X E6J0019X E6J0020X…
Every code shown here, 1,220 characters
Product numbers: GPS36 (Pediatric) GPS40 (Adult) Lot codes: E6J0001X E6J0002X E6J0003X E6J0004X E6J0005X E6J0006X E6J0007X E6J0008X E6J0009X E6J0010X E6J0011X E6J0012X E6J0013X E6J0014X E6J0015X E6J0016X E6J0017X E6J0018X E6J0019X E6J0020X E6K0001X E6K0002X E6K0003X E6K0004X E6K0005X E6K0006X E6K0007X E6K0008X E6K0009X E6K0010X E6K0011X E6K0012X E6K0013X E6K0014X E6K0015X E6K0016X E6K0017X E6K0018X E6K0019X E6K0020X E6K0021X E6K0022X E6K0023X E6K0024X E6K0025X E6L0001X E6L0002X E6L0003X E6L0004X E6L0005X E6L0006X E6L0007X E6L0008X E6L0009X E6L0010X E6L0011X E6L0012X E6L0013X E6L0014X E6L0015X E6L0016X E6L0017X E6L0018X E6L0019X E6L0020X E6L0021X E6M0001X E6M0002X E6M0003X E6M0004X E6M0005X E6M0006X E6M0007X E6M0008X E6M0009X E6M0010X E6M0011X E6M0012X E6M0013X E6M0014X E7A0001X E7A0002X E7A0003X E7A0004X E7A0005X E7A0006X E7A0007X E7A0008X E7A0009X E7A0010X E7A0011X E7A0012X E7A0013X E7A0014X E7A0015X E7A0016X E7A0017X E7A0018X E7A0019X E7B0001X E7B0002X E7B0003X E7B0004X E7B0005X E7B0006X E7B0007X E7B0008X E7B0009X E7B0010X E7B0011X E7B0012X E7B0013X E7B0014X E7B0015X E7C0001X E7C0002X E7D0001X E7D0002X E7D0003X E7D0004X E7D0005X E7D0006X E7D0007X E7D0008X E7D0009X E7D0010X E7E0001X E7E0002X E7E0003X
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?
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 Sep 21, 2017.
- FDA classified it on Feb 20, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Feb 28, 2018.
- FDA terminated it on Sep 26, 2018.
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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