OSSUR VARIFLEX SUBA JUNIOR foot and ankle external prosthesis, sized for children and adolescents.
Medical device recall Z-1330-2022. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 13, 2022.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 13, 2022. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 1 state named
- 410 devices 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 receiving complaints related to broken (cracked) prosthetic foot with failures occurring in situations where sudden high impact twisting or bending is applied to the foot.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
OSSUR VARIFLEX SUBA JUNIOR foot and ankle external prosthesis, sized for children and adolescents.
410 devices, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Item Number/Item Description/UDI-DI Code VJB0116L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C1 S16 L 5690977387201 VJB0116R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C1 S16 R 5690977387218 VJB0117L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C1 S17 L 5690977387225 VJB0117R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C1 S17 R 5690977387232…
Every code shown here, 1,995 characters
Item Number/Item Description/UDI-DI Code VJB0116L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C1 S16 L 5690977387201 VJB0116R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C1 S16 R 5690977387218 VJB0117L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C1 S17 L 5690977387225 VJB0117R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C1 S17 R 5690977387232 VJB0118L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C1 S18 L 5690977387249 VJB0118R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C1 S18 R 5690977387256 VJB0119L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C1 S19 L 5690977387263 VJB0119R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C1 S19 R 5690977387270 VJB0218L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C2 S18 L 5690977387287 VJB0218R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C2 S18 R 5690977387294 VJB0219L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C2 S19 L 5690977387300 VJB0219R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C2 S19 R 5690977387317 VJB0220L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C2 S20 L 5690977387324 VJB0220R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C2 S20 R 5690977387331 VJB0221L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C2 S21 L 5690977387348 VJB0221R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C2 S21 R 5690977387355 VJB0222L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C2 S22 L 5690977387362 VJB0222R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C2 S22 R 5690977387379 VJB0223L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C2 S23 L 5690977387386 VJB0223R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C2 S23 R 5690977387393 VJB0319L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C3 S19 L 5690977241251 VJB0319R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C3 S19 R 5690977241282 VJB0320L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C3 S20 L 5690977387409 VJB0320R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C3 S20 R 5690977387416 VJB0321L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C3 S21 L 5690977387423 VJB0321R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C3 S21 R 5690977387430 VJB0322L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C3 S22 L 5690977387447 VJB0322R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C3 S22 R 5690977387454 VJB0323L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C3 S23 L 5690977387461 VJB0323R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C3 S23 R 5690977387478 VJB0324L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C3 S24 L 5690977387485 VJB0324R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C3 S24 R 5690977387492 VJB0420L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C4 S20 L 5690977241312 VJB0420R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C4 S20 R 5690977241343 VJB0421L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C4 S21 L 5690977241374 VJB0421R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C4 S21 R 5690977241404 VJB0422L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C4 S22 L 5690977387508 VJB0422R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C4 S22 R 5690977387515 VJB0423L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C4 S23 L 5690977387522 VJB0423R VARIFLEX JUNIOR C4 S23 R 5690977387539 VJB0424L VARIFLEX JUNIOR C4 S24 L…
FDA’s list runs to 2,056 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 including US nationwide (including Puerto Rico).
The states and territories these words name
- Puerto Rico
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 May 30, 2022.
- FDA classified it on Jul 5, 2022.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jul 13, 2022.
- FDA terminated it on Dec 27, 2024.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Ossur Americas, of Foothill Ranch, CA.
- 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 2,056 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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