Covidien ROTICULATOR 30-3.5 Single Use Stapler REF# 017615 The RETICULA TOR TM Single Use Staplers have…
Medical device recall Z-1846-2012. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 27, 2012.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 27, 2012. 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
- 13531 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 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 the sterility barrier to be compromised.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Covidien ROTICULATOR 30-3.5 Single Use Stapler REF# 017615 The RETICULA TOR TM Single Use Staplers have applications in abdominal, gynecologic and pediatric surgery for resection, transection, and creation of anastomosis
13531 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
LOT #’s BEGINNING WITH THE FOLLOWING LETTER/NUMBER COMBINATIONS P7E P8B P8L P9H POE PIB PIL P7F P8C P8M P9J POF PIC PlM P7G P8D P9A P9K POG PlD P2A P7H P8E P9B P9L POH PIE P2B0153X P7J P8F P9C P9M POJ PlF P7K P8G P9D POA POK PlG P7L P8H…
Every code shown here, 566 characters
LOT #’s BEGINNING WITH THE FOLLOWING LETTER/NUMBER COMBINATIONS P7E P8B P8L P9H POE PIB PIL P7F P8C P8M P9J POF PIC PlM P7G P8D P9A P9K POG PlD P2A P7H P8E P9B P9L POH PIE P2B0153X P7J P8F P9C P9M POJ PlF P7K P8G P9D POA POK PlG P7L P8H P9E POB POL PlH P7M P8J P9F POC POM PlJ P8A P8K P9G POD PIA PlK Also Best Practice Kits Ref#’s: OOZ0800, OOZ0976, OOZ1401, OOZ1407, OOB0117, OOBOI22 NOTE: THE SPECIFIC LOT NUMBERS LISTED BELOW AND LOT NUMBERS ENDING IN “”RMX” and “RRMX” ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL AND ARE ACCEPT ABLE FOR USE. P2A0194XR, P2B0488XR, P2B0153XR
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: USA (Nationwide) and countries including; Africa, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China Costa Rica, CROATIA, Czech Republic,Dominion Republic, ESPA¿A France, Germany, Greece Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea ,Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan , Thailand, and UK.
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 May 9, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Jun 20, 2012.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jun 27, 2012.
- FDA terminated it on Feb 12, 2014.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Covidien LP, of North Haven, CT.
- 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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