Brand Name: Checkpoint Guardian Intraoperative Lead Product Name: Checkpoint Guardian Intraoperative Lead,…
Medical device recall Z-1466-2025. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 2, 2025.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 2, 2025. Copied from openFDA on Oct 24, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 135 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?
Adhesive on the back of the lead may not fully encapsulate the metallic portion of the wire and button subassembly, potentially leading to exposed metal. There is a risk of electrical current leakage, which may lead to inconsistent or confusing muscle responses, potentially compromising the effectiveness of the intended use as the surgeon could take an incorrect clinical action.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Brand Name: Checkpoint Guardian Intraoperative Lead Product Name: Checkpoint Guardian Intraoperative Lead, Small Model/Catalog Number: REF# 9524 (Small) Product Description: The Checkpoint Guardian Intraoperative Leads are single-patient disposable accessories for providing stimulus to a targeted nerve. The accessories are intended for use with any device from the Checkpoint Stimulator/Locator Family. The lead electrode is intended to wrap around nerves that have been surgically exposed, allowing the surgeons to provide hands free stimulus to a targeted nerve.
135, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
UDI-DI B13095240 Small Lot 4318 Expires 01Apr2026 Lot 4325 Expires 01Apr2026 Lot 4368 Expires 01Dec2026
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 Feb 24, 2025.
- FDA classified it on Mar 26, 2025.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Apr 2, 2025.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Checkpoint Surgical Inc, of Cleveland, OH.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Visit.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 23, 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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