Reprocessed Microline Scissor Tips intended to be used with a reusable hand piece and designed for minimally…
Medical device recall Z-1846-2016. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 8, 2016.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 8, 2016. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 28 states named in where it went
- 11,326 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?
Sterlilmed is recalling all unexpired Scissor Tips because of a potential manufacturing defect that can possibly result in a patient injury.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Reprocessed Microline Scissor Tips intended to be used with a reusable hand piece and designed for minimally invasive and open surgical procedures to facilitate cutting, preparation, mobilization, and coagulation of tissue. Model #’s MIC3112, MIC3122, MIC3132, MIC3142, MIC3152, MIC3162.
11,326, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot Number MIC3112 / 1850033 1851382 1852899 1853678 1855660 1856511 1856900 1859438 1859965 1860367 1861563 1862954 1863647 1864260 1865162 1865993 1867015 1867706 1868934 1870036 1870103 1871206 1872270 1873830 1874518 1875721 1876911…
Every code shown here, 1,994 characters
Lot Number MIC3112 / 1850033 1851382 1852899 1853678 1855660 1856511 1856900 1859438 1859965 1860367 1861563 1862954 1863647 1864260 1865162 1865993 1867015 1867706 1868934 1870036 1870103 1871206 1872270 1873830 1874518 1875721 1876911 1878327 1879082 1880420 1880667 1880964 1882288 1883924 1884996 1886199 1886912 1887725 1889721 1889771 1890036 1890089 1891061 1891534 1891745 1892678 1893796 1893818 1893872 1894880 1895807 1896467 1897219 1898693 1899180 1900106 1901160 1901950 1903029 1903645 1904549 1905627 1906345 1907168 1907920 1908583 1909201 1910229 1911281 1912196 1912496 1913274 1913316 1914703 MIC3122/ 1850033 1851382 1856511 1856900 1859438 1861563 1868934 1870103 1872882 1875721 1878327 1879082 1896467 1897219 1898693 1899795 1900106 1901160 1903029 1905604 1906345 1907168 1910229 1911281 1912196 MIC3132 / 1850033 1851382 1852883 1852899 1853678 1854157 1856900 1859965 1860367 1861563 1862954 1863647 1864094 1864260 1865993 1867706 1868934 1870036 1870103 1871206 1872882 1874798 1874852 1875721 1878327 1879082 1879555 1880420 1880964 1883924 1884996 1886199 1886912 1887725 1889721 1891061 1891534 1891745 1892678 1899180 1899795 1900106 1901160 1905627 1909201 1910229 1910810 1911873 1912496 1913520 MIC3142 / 1850033 1851382 1852859 1852883 1852899 1852905 1853937 1854157 1855660 1855815 1856511 1856900 1859438 1859745 1859965 1860193 1860367 1861563 1862228 1862954 1863647 1864260 1865162 1865902 1867015 1867706 1868934 1869589 1870103 1871206 1872270 1872882 1873830 1874518 1874798 1875721 1876911 1878327 1879082 1880420 1880667 1880964 1881991 1882288 1883924 1884996 1886199 1886912 1887725 1889044 1889486 1889720 1889721 1889771 1890036 1890089 1891060 1891061 1891745 1892678 1893536 1893796 1893872 1894880 1895806 1895807 1896467 1897219 1898693 1899180 1900106 1900854 1901160 1901950 1903029 1903645 1904549 1905604 1906345 1907009 1907168 1907920 1908583 1909201 1910229 1910810 1911135 1911281 1911873 1912136 1912156 1912184 1912196 1912496…
FDA’s list runs to 2,627 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
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: AL, AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, IN,IA, KY, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NV, NJ, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA,, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV, WI. Canada
The states and territories these words name
28 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- New Jersey
- Nevada
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
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 Apr 26, 2016.
- FDA classified it on May 31, 2016.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jun 8, 2016.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 5, 2017.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- STERILMED, INC., of Maple Grove, MN.
- 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.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 2,627 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- 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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