Universa Soft Ureteral Stent, Global Product No
Medical device recall Z-0978-2020. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 12, 2020.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 12, 2020. 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
- 13388 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?
The wire guide may be incorrectly loaded into the wire guide holder, leading to the stiff tip of the wire guide being introduced into the patient instead of the flexible tip.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Universa Soft Ureteral Stent, Global Product No. G49887 G49933 G49934 G49937 G49940 G49941 G49942 G49945 G49947 G49948 G49949 G49950 G49951 G49953 G49955 G49956 G49957 G49958 G49959 G49961 G53145 G53676 G53677 G53687 G53689 G53692 G53693 G53694 G53703 G53706 G53711 G53723 G53724 G53725 G53726
13388 total, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
8078013 8172113 8001369 8183381 NS7994828 8147249 8417607 8600625 NS8417608 NS7990886 7990888 8594598 8594599 8056338 8018675 8056337 8629502 NS8018677 NS8053511 NS8417612 NS8011064 NS8417614 NS8417615 7998415 8147267 8187145 8008415…
Every code shown here, 753 characters
8078013 8172113 8001369 8183381 NS7994828 8147249 8417607 8600625 NS8417608 NS7990886 7990888 8594598 8594599 8056338 8018675 8056337 8629502 NS8018677 NS8053511 NS8417612 NS8011064 NS8417614 NS8417615 7998415 8147267 8187145 8008415 8011065 8078026 8008416 8078027 8078028 8150465 8180873 8008417 8033600 8427840 8427841 8507952 8507953 8507954 8507955 7990900 8003104 NS7990899 7998422 7998423 8047039 8056331 8066970 8066972 8066973 8066974 8147295 8147296 8421552 8427843 8427847 8594610 7994831 8008426 8056327 8066976 8066977 8207795 8629522 NS8026827 NS8030272 NS8421563 NS8421564 NS8421566 NS8421567 8599661 8421568 NS8599665 NS8060481 NS8033606 NS8629506 NS8629507 NS8008428 NS8421571 NS8421572 NS8599666 NS8599667 NS8147321 NS8421573 NS8008429
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.
Domestic distribution to nationwide US. Foreign distribution to Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Canary Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
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 Jan 4, 2019.
- FDA classified it on Feb 4, 2020.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Feb 12, 2020.
- FDA terminated it on May 29, 2020.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Cook Inc., of Bloomington, IN.
- 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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