Capio SLIM Box 5
Medical device recall Z-1617-2018. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 16, 2018.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 16, 2018. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Georgia the one state its words name
- 60,538 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?
Potential for Capio sutures to break and /or detach.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Capio SLIM Box 5, Model #M0068318261; Intended for use in general suturing applications during open surgery to assist in the placement of suture material in tissues at the operative site.
60,538, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
UDI:08714729842224. Batch numbers: 19083076 19490462 20703048 19138102 19575737 20703101 19138104 19579790 20706387 20552143 19583816 20779052 20552145 19588973 20786955 20552147 19604718 20838609 20552300 19715051 20838611 19138106…
Every code shown here, 1,906 characters
UDI:08714729842224. Batch numbers: 19083076 19490462 20703048 19138102 19575737 20703101 19138104 19579790 20706387 20552143 19583816 20779052 20552145 19588973 20786955 20552147 19604718 20838609 20552300 19715051 20838611 19138106 19720437 20838613 19138108 19730190 20838615 19334997 19760389 20838617 20552153 19818985 20838619 17685429 19825371 20838661 17689642 19868166 20838663 17774102 19868170 20838665 17777555 19873851 20838667 17792395 19873853 20838670 17899922 19945906 20902946 17906429 19950376 20908772 17907124 19965002 20908774 17907855 19998515 20908776 17915689 20000798 20908778 17919851 20001166 20923178 17920787 20005049 20933960 17985873 20061149 20933962 17990901 20061151 20968696 17995421 20061153 20971515 17997519 20061155 20978294 18001945 20078729 21058901 18005330 20079183 21135392 18024683 20179283 21149060 18036357 20179505 21153916 18104991 20183190 21153918 18111726 20183193 21238940 18115409 20189154 21240810 18120488 20196783 21244374 18212832 20260976 21244755 18217456 20275824 21246277 18221332 20300581 21246370 18222053 20300685 21277765 18295603 20300689 21278301 18299439 20300692 21347579 18388438 20305782 21347701 18394085 20331414 21358289 18396171 20331416 21360859 18399797 20331418 21366235 18410457 20355333 21386338 18414187 20359462 21386740 18498497 20359470 21402640 18500136 20360846 21408533 18513753 20367015 21408536 18517656 20416925 21412229 18518037 20417300 20633990 18626569 20417302 20633992 18642959 20417304 20637803 18645072 20436291 20637805 18648870 20440668 20638061 18673869 20440672 20701932 18737139 20440674 19334999 18795870 20440677 19335461 18849259 20440679 19418628 18852877 20473754 19418630 18915563 20473758 19437992 18921359 20484087 19482938 18929303 20488264 20554655 18938181 20532138 20580835 19027577 20532440 20582262 19027750 20533045 19243606 19027752 20533047 19243608 19027754 20533580 19079309 20533582
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, Brazil, Guatemala, Ecuador, Malaysia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Argentina, Honduras, Peru, Singapore, Denmark, Iceland, Chile, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Japan, Egypt, Israel, Canada, Panama, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Finland, Ireland, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, Austria, France, Italy, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, Bahrain, Georgia, Islamic Republic of Iran, El Salvador, Colombia, New Zealand, Belgium, Germany, Jordan, Norway, Russia, Pakistan, Slovakia, Portugal, South Africa, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Slovenia, Qatar, Spain, Kenya, Lebanon, Mauritius, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, Kuwait, Malta, Namibia, Romania, Switzerland, and Greece.
The states and territories these words name
- Georgia
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 Feb 12, 2018.
- FDA classified it on May 4, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on May 16, 2018.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 10, 2020.
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: 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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