Steinmann Pin
Medical device recall Z-2158-2013. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 11, 2013.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 11, 2013. 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
- 15786 total 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?
A medical device used in surgical procedures was packaged in a pouch in which a defective seal may compromise sterility
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Steinmann Pin, packed in a clear tube with end caps, tubes packed in a sterile barrier pouch, 6 pouches/sales unit. Pouches are labeled in part ***MicroAire Surgical Instruments 3590 Grand Forks Blvd Charlottesville, VA LLC 22911*** Models: 1620-109 1636-509 1620-509 1640-509 1620-609 1648-509 1620-709 1648-509T 1624-109 1648-609 1624-509 1648-609T 1624-509T 1628-509 1632-509 1632-609 A smooth or threaded wire / pin that may be used for fixation of bone fractures, for bone reconstructions, as a guide pin for insertion of other implants, or it may be implanted through the skin so that a pulling force (traction) may be applied to the skeletal system.
15786 total units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Product # Lot Number 1620-109 0213216244 1620-109 0213216804 1620-109 0313217447 1620-109 0413219296 1620-109 0413219479 1620-109 0613222208 1620-509 0213216077 1620-509 0213216598 1620-509 0213216740 1620-509 0313217912 1620-509…
Every code shown here, 1,363 characters
Product # Lot Number 1620-109 0213216244 1620-109 0213216804 1620-109 0313217447 1620-109 0413219296 1620-109 0413219479 1620-109 0613222208 1620-509 0213216077 1620-509 0213216598 1620-509 0213216740 1620-509 0313217912 1620-509 0313217980 1620-509 0413219446 1620-509 0413219514 1620-509 0513220340 1620-509 0613222209 1620-509 0613222677 1620-509 0613222950 1620-609 0213216021 1620-609 0213216987 1620-609 0313218036 1620-609 0413218860 1620-709 0313217801 1620-709 0413218861 1620-709 0513220659 1620-709 0613222204 1620-709 0613222465 1620-709 0613223531 1620-709 0713224375 1624-109 0213216721 1624-109 0313218583 1624-109 0413219836 1624-109 0413219934 1624-109 0613222761 1624-109 0713223840 1624-509 0213216018 1624-509 0213217203 1624-509 0313217576 1624-509 0313218461 1624-509 0413219480 1624-509T 0213215841 1628-509 0213217207 1628-509 0413219845 1628-509 0513220335 1628-509 0513220422 1628-509 0613222210 1632-509 0213216079 1632-509 0213216820 1632-509 0313218668 1632-509 0313218715 1632-509 0513220951 1632-509 0613222467 1632-509 0613223364 1632-609 0413219600 1636-509 0313218458 1636-509 0413218937 1640-509 0213216975 1640-509 0213216985 1640-509 0313217640 1640-509 0313217911 1640-509 0413219741 1640-509 0413219936 1640-509 0513220770 1648-509 0213216078 1648-509T 0213216803 1648-609 0213216295 1648-609 0513221947 1648-609T 0413220144
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 internationally to Australia, Ireland, Canada, Netherlands, Sweden, Japan, and United Kingdom.
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 Aug 12, 2013.
- FDA classified it on Sep 4, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 11, 2013.
- FDA terminated it on Feb 12, 2014.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- MicroAire Surgical Instruments, LLC, of Charlottesville, VA.
- 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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