SPRYSTEP VECTOR KAFO, Custom made device dynamic ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) non locking
Medical device recall Z-0672-2024. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 17, 2024.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 17, 2024. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Completed its status, in FDA’s file
- 48 states named in where it went
- 334 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?
Due to potential air pockets between layers of material, their is the potential for complete struct breakage of knee-ankle-foot orthosis.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
SPRYSTEP VECTOR KAFO, Custom made device dynamic ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) non locking, REF #s: 17VKCUS and 17VKCUSX
334 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
REF: 17VKCUS:UDI: /Order #s: 868003 864980 877514 867899 875411 875411 868308 871161 865211 881621 872534 881616 865744 866309 876670 877270 864959 869294 868549 864957 864595 866551 866682 863308 875500 873400 865509 868828 875846 877677…
Every code shown here, 1,998 characters
REF: 17VKCUS:UDI: /Order #s: 868003 864980 877514 867899 875411 875411 868308 871161 865211 881621 872534 881616 865744 866309 876670 877270 864959 869294 868549 864957 864595 866551 866682 863308 875500 873400 865509 868828 875846 877677 869358 876200 873155 867381 878188 870222 870222 869927 873860 873860 865503 878668 878182 863772 866842 878791 865507 863707 872687 868289 873685 870922 870922 864367 865966 875463 871512 871512 870916 866919 879216 878252 879014 874428 867045 878412 863471 871544 874438 872200 870646 872512 865508 865508 876593 869370 865720 863470 876045 867371 865737 868736 873157 867694 875149 867457 875554 863353 867286 873781 873357 867357 873861 871137 REF: 17VKCUSX: UDI:/Order #s: 873093 877251 877251 864343 864343 876329 867359 867359 876421 867376 868295 863890 873575 868834 874561 874561 877602 877602 872207 872835 864342 867052 874879 878550 865056 865056 879221 877567 882074 871827 871827 865201 877909 877909 869372 869374 866576 867687 874242 876221 876221 874239 877527 868310 864590 872312 872312 874217 874217 875682 875682 875682 875682 865743 864949 864949 864960 872833 872535 872535 870881 870881 875053 875053 877459 866653 876099 870214 873791 873025 863340 866810 868042 868534 869716 871539 874028 877634 865745 876675 872003 873863 874082 875898 873401 878664 871403 872028 865207 870243 873579 874453 874453 867886 878116 867382 871008 878134 865464 865464 867932 872463 872463 876902 876902 868831 869045 867147 865504 872823 871992 875377 871991 877676 877676 867685 866669 864414 879749 874886 868285 877400 851811 872744 867952 874200 879006 863770 867434 868553 868553 872288 878683 870549 870549 880814 869364 869364 873639 866843 866843 874962 867157 874203 877228 869368 877671 865110 877397 876724 876724 868568 874257 879001 869360 874434 865199 869355 869357 872782 872782 876495 878215 867953 877996 877996 865741 873810 877262 877262 866658 869190 865352 866846 866846 877116 877116 869120 881824 872223 868495 868495 879817…
FDA’s list runs to 2,396 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
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: AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA IA ID IL IN KENT KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA QC SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY, Puerto Rico, OUS: None OUS: Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, United Kingdom
The states and territories these words name
48 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- Montana
- North Carolina
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Vermont
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Is it still going on?
Completed, in FDA’s file.
“The recall action reaches the point at which the firm has actually retrieved and impounded all outstanding product that could reasonably be expected to be recovered, or has completed all product corrections.”
openFDA, on “Completed”, 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 23, 2023.
- FDA classified it on Jan 5, 2024.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jan 17, 2024.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Townsend Design, of Bakersfield, CA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: E-Mail.
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.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 2,396 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- 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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