Capio Open Access Box 4 (Capio OPC)
Medical device recall Z-1619-2018. 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
- 21,051 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 Open Access Box 4 (Capio OPC); Model #M0068311251. Intended for use in general suturing applications during open or endoscopic surgery to assist in the placement of suture material in tissues at the operative site.
21,051, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
UDI:08714729257615. Batch numbers: 17736884 18743137 19980158 17743915 18744758 20088658 17746353 18831921 20146415 17748695 18952185 20151917 17758603 18956329 20225741 17763024 18960345 20225743 17791930 19046994 20341445 17970678…
Every code shown here, 619 characters
UDI:08714729257615. Batch numbers: 17736884 18743137 19980158 17743915 18744758 20088658 17746353 18831921 20146415 17748695 18952185 20151917 17758603 18956329 20225741 17763024 18960345 20225743 17791930 19046994 20341445 17970678 19046996 20341447 18129693 19046998 20560166 18134147 19173285 20639024 18135271 19225756 20706637 18229178 19329479 20711254 18281817 19437996 20713128 18286295 19442739 20822293 18357019 19560316 20833214 18362244 19646043 20834317 18430411 19646222 20838382 18488288 19659042 21069563 18605754 19824767 21081751 18606004 19835267 21258659 18611631 19856248 21362105 19975069 21362107
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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