Captivator Single-Use Polypectomy Snares, Captiflex Single-Use Polypectomy Snares
Medical device recall Z-1168-2021. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 10, 2021.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 10, 2021. 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
- 335,788 units total (Domestic: 222,882, Foreign: 112,906) 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?
Packaging Incomplete Seal. Users noted an incomplete pouch seal prior to using the device in a patient.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Captivator Single-Use Polypectomy Snares, Captiflex Single-Use Polypectomy Snares. Outer box UPN, Inner Pouch UPN: M00561311 (Box 10), M00561310 M00562301 (Box 10), M00562300; M00562321 (Box 10), M00562320; M00562341 (Box 10), M00562340; M00562451 (Box 10), M00562450; M00562401 (Box 10), M00562400; M00562402 (Box 40), M00562400; M00562422 (Box 40), M00562420; M00562471 (Box 10), M00562470.
335,788 units total (Domestic: 222,882, Foreign: 112,906), in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Outer box GTIN: 08714729019251 Inner pouch GTIN: 08714729747680 Lot/Batch#: 24725319, 24782695, Outer box GTIN: 08714729019312 Inner pouch GTIN: 08714729747833 Lot/Batch#: 24842597, 24812577, Outer box GTIN: 08714729019336 Inner pouch…
Every code shown here, 896 characters
Outer box GTIN: 08714729019251 Inner pouch GTIN: 08714729747680 Lot/Batch#: 24725319, 24782695, Outer box GTIN: 08714729019312 Inner pouch GTIN: 08714729747833 Lot/Batch#: 24842597, 24812577, Outer box GTIN: 08714729019336 Inner pouch GTIN: 08714729747857 Lot/Batch#: 24889757, 24719202, 24709536, 24773287, Outer box GTIN: 08714729019350 Inner pouch GTIN: 08714729747871 Lot/Batch#: 24782693, 24732964, 24889755, 24780939, Outer box GTIN: 08714729071068 Inner pouch GTIN: 08714729747970 Lot/Batch#: 24882357, 24782689, 24782687, 24729758, Outer box GTIN: 08714729019411 Inner pouch GTIN:08714729747932 Lot/Batch#: 24961643 Outer box GTIN:08714729501640 Inner pouch GTIN: 08714729747932 Lot/Batch#: 24961645, 24989260, 24844193, Outer box GTIN:08714729501657 Inner pouch GTIN:08714729747956 Lot/Batch#: 25010054, Outer box GTIN:08714729019459 Inner pouch GTIN:08714729747994 Lot/Batch#: 25016793.
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?
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 Jan 19, 2021.
- FDA classified it on Mar 4, 2021.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Mar 10, 2021.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Boston Scientific Corporation, of Marlborough, MA.
- 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.”
- 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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