Flexible Cryoprobe (OD 2.4mm, L1.15mm)
Medical device recall Z-1568-2026. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 1, 2026.
- FDA Class I
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 1, 2026. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class I FDA’s most serious class (needs attention)
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 1 state named
- 3603 units 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 I, the most serious of FDA’s three classes.
“Dangerous or defective products that predictably could cause serious health problems or death. Examples include: food found to contain botulinum toxin, food with undeclared allergens, a label mix-up on a lifesaving drug, or a defective artificial heart valve.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(1), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Probes may rupture/burst during activation
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Flexible Cryoprobe (OD 2.4mm, L1.15mm) REF: 20402-411. For surgical use
3603 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
UDI: 04050147021846/ Expanded Lots:WO472498 WO472499 WO472615 WO472616 WO473794 WO473795 WO474908 WO474909 WO474910 WO475357 WO475358 WO477030 WO477513 WO477514 WO478643 WO478646 WO478647 WO478648 WO478843 WO478844;Initial Lots: WO461840…
Every code shown here, 462 characters
UDI: 04050147021846/ Expanded Lots:WO472498 WO472499 WO472615 WO472616 WO473794 WO473795 WO474908 WO474909 WO474910 WO475357 WO475358 WO477030 WO477513 WO477514 WO478643 WO478646 WO478647 WO478648 WO478843 WO478844;Initial Lots: WO461840 WO461846 WO462097 W2462284 WO463327 WO463328 WO463388 W2463594 WO464285 WO464286 WO465063 WO465064 W4465351 W2465601 W2465689 W2465749 W2465769 WO467873 WO467874 WO467875 WO468648 WO468649 WO469364 W2459861 W2459862 W2459863
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, 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.
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 12, 2026.
- FDA classified it on Mar 20, 2026.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Apr 1, 2026.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Erbe USA Inc, of Marietta, GA.
- 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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