Abre Venous Self-Expanding Stent System
Medical device recall Z-1098-2026. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 21, 2026.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 21, 2026. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 442 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?
Stents may be impacted by a Nitinol anomaly which causes a reduced stent diameter when deployed and corresponding reduced radial force. Issue may result in stent migration.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Abre Venous Self-Expanding Stent System, Model numbers AB9G14120090 AB9G12100090 AB9G14080090 AB9G12080090 AB9U12060090 AB9U14100090 AB9U14080090 AB9U12080090 AB9U14060090 AB9G14100090 AB9G12060090
442, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
UDI-DI (GTIN): 00763000547332 00763000547271 00763000547318 00763000547264 00643169796225 00643169796300 00643169796294 00643169796232 00643169796287 00763000547325 00643169796300 00763000547257 Serial/Lot numbers C112511 C113253 C113795 C117416 C117482 C121084 C123953 C133327 C133329 C134478 C138060 C150325
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 - US Nationwide and the countries of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
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?
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 Dec 4, 2025.
- FDA classified it on Jan 15, 2026.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jan 21, 2026.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Medtronic Inc, of Plymouth, MN.
- 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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