Ambulating Bulb Ambulating Bulb: The Ambulating Bulb comprises four main components: the suction reservoir,…
Medical device recall Z-1573-2015. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 13, 2015.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 13, 2015. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 2,575 boxes (25,750 each) 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?
Stryker Instruments is voluntarily recalling the CBCII Wound Drains and Ambulating Bulb for a potential sterility breach in the packaging
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Ambulating Bulb Ambulating Bulb: The Ambulating Bulb comprises four main components: the suction reservoir, the PVC tubing, the slide clamp and the female connector. The rigid polycarbonate female connector is used to connect the ambulating bulb to the CBCII evacuator tube in order to collect wound drainage.
2,575 boxes (25,750 each), in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Part Number:0225-028-852 and lot numbers: 10097012 10281012 11087012 11178012 12066012 12335012 13234012 14178012 10105012 10298012 11095012 11189012 12101012 12348012 13248012 14197012 10130012 10312012 11105012 11206012 12108012 12353012…
Every code shown here, 707 characters
Part Number:0225-028-852 and lot numbers: 10097012 10281012 11087012 11178012 12066012 12335012 13234012 14178012 10105012 10298012 11095012 11189012 12101012 12348012 13248012 14197012 10130012 10312012 11105012 11206012 12108012 12353012 13263012 14254012 10162012 10322012 11115012 11229012 12138012 13046012 13302012 14260012 10172012 10337012 11130012 11269012 12156012 13086012 13319012 10195012 10340012 11139012 11313012 12159012 13095012 14029012 10205012 11003012 11146012 11337012 12199012 13108012 14052012 10238012 11013012 11147012 12016012 12248012 13143012 14058012 10251012 11048012 11151012 12040012 12261012 13171012 14155012 10272012 11055012 11160012 12041012 12289012 13221012 14164012
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. US nationwide, Australia, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Spain, Romania, Greece, Switzerland, South Africa, and Japan.
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?
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 Mar 26, 2015.
- FDA classified it on May 1, 2015.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on May 13, 2015.
- FDA terminated it on Dec 31, 2015.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Stryker Instruments Div. of Stryker Corporation, of Portage, MI.
- 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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