Integra Cusa Excel
Medical device recall Z-0994-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 26, 2014.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 26, 2014. 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
- 17253 boxes 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 blue COAG button on the CUSA Excel CEM nosecone could stick in the ‘activated’ position.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Integra Cusa Excel Rx Only CEM” Nosecone for CUSA¿ Excel System Product Usage: Intended for use CUSA Excel/CUSA Excel + Ultrasonic Surgical Aspiration System, CUSA handpiece, and Covidien Force FX Electrosurgical Generator The CUSA Electrosurgical Module (CEM) provides Desiccate Coagulation waveform electrosurgical capability to CUSA Excel handpieces. The CUSA handpiece with the CEM Nosecone works in conjunction with the Force FX generator in surgical procedures where combined ultrasonic dissection and electrosurgical coagulation is desired, either simultaneously or independently.
17253 boxes, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
All unexpired lot numbers for CEM Nosecone Gatalouge No. C6623 and C6636 from 1/1/2010 to present. CEM” Nosecone, Catalogue No. C6623: 1083655, 1084219, 1084398, 1084399, 1084400, 1084682, 1084683, 1090937, 1091712, 1091714, 1091715,…
Every code shown here, 1,997 characters
All unexpired lot numbers for CEM Nosecone Gatalouge No. C6623 and C6636 from 1/1/2010 to present. CEM” Nosecone, Catalogue No. C6623: 1083655, 1084219, 1084398, 1084399, 1084400, 1084682, 1084683, 1090937, 1091712, 1091714, 1091715, 1093125, 1093126, 1093128, 1093129, 1093471, 1093847, 1094575, 1094740, 1095587, 1095873, 1100237, 1100238, 1101217, 1101547, 1101548, 1102069, 1102070, 1102544, 1102545, 1102546, 1103102, 1103392, 1103444, 1103445, 1103446, 1104264, 1104265, 1105065, 1105066, 1105067, 1110208, 1110311, 1110348, 1110349, 1110473, 1110474, 1110892, 1111760, 1112182, 1112808, 1112809, 1113175, 1113176, 1113177, 1113178, 1113662, 1114112, 1114654, 1114655, 1114656, 1115224, 1115225, 1115499, 1115500, 1115501, 1115853, 1115854, 1120771, 1120772, 1120773, 1120774, 1121141, 1121142, 1121383, 1121627, 1121628, 1122257, 1122259, 1122260, 1123050, 1123312, 1123915, 1124642, 1124643, 1124980, 1125393, 1125394, 1125933, 1130036, 1130037, 1130038, 1130039, 1130218, 1130219, 1130663, 1130664, 1131340, 1131344, 1131986, 1132207, 1132326, 1132327, 1132328, 1132880 CEM” Nosecone, Catalogue No. C6636: 1084216, 1084293, 1084377, 1084680, 1084681, 1090123, 1090124, 1090125, 1090126, 1090660, 1090661, 1090826, 1091395, 1091434, 1091700, 1092388, 1092389, 1092390, 1092391, 1092392, 1093012, 1093013, 1093130, 1093131, 1093472, 1093473, 1093474, 1093824, 1093825, 1093826, 1093827, 1094741, 1095104, 1095105, 1095106, 1095414, 1095415, 1095418, 1095419, 1100239, 1100240, 1100241, 1101220, 1101221, 1102647, 1102648, 1102649, 1102650, 1102651, 1103103, 1103394, 1103395, 1103437, 1103848, 1103851, 1103916, 1103917, 1103919, 1103920, 1103921, 1103922, 1104258, 1104259, 1104260, 1104261, 1104262, 1105068, 1105069, 1105070, 1110333, 1110975, 1110976, 1110977, 1111491, 1111492, 1111493, 1112186, 1112187, 1112211, 1112212, 1112769, 1112770, 1112771, 1113180, 1113181, 1113182, 1113183, 1113184, 1113664, 1113665, 1113666, 1114358, 1114359, 1114657, 1114658, 1114659, 1114660, 1115036,…
FDA’s list runs to 3,048 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.
Worldwide Distribution - USA 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 Dec 5, 2013.
- FDA classified it on Feb 19, 2014.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Feb 26, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on Jan 26, 2017.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Integra LifeSciences Corp., of Plainsboro, NJ.
- 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.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 3,048 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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