SmartRelease Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Handpiece (ECTR handpiece)
Medical device recall Z-2222-2019. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 14, 2019.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 14, 2019. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 26 states named in where it went
- 103 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?
There was a higher than normal incidence rate of the blade not retracting when tightening.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
SmartRelease Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Handpiece (ECTR handpiece), part numbers 81014 and 83014
103, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Serial Numbers: 1004 1031 13389 13391 13394 13395 13396 13398 13399 13400 13401 13402 13403 13404 13405 13406 13407 13408 13409 13412 13414 13416 13417 13418 13419 13421 13422 13423 13425 13426 13428 13429 13430 13431 13432 13433 13435…
Every code shown here, 631 characters
Serial Numbers: 1004 1031 13389 13391 13394 13395 13396 13398 13399 13400 13401 13402 13403 13404 13405 13406 13407 13408 13409 13412 13414 13416 13417 13418 13419 13421 13422 13423 13425 13426 13428 13429 13430 13431 13432 13433 13435 13436 13437 13438 13441 13442 13443 13448 13449 13452 13453 13454 13455 13457 13458 13459 13460 13461 13462 13463 13464 13465 13466 13468 13469 13472 13473 13474 13475 13476 13477 13478 13479 13480 13481 13483 13484 13485 13486 13487 13499 13500 13501 13502 13503 13504 13505 13506 13507 13515 13516 13390 13393 13397 13392 13411 13446 13427 13439 13444 13445 13388 13415 13410 13413 13434 13440
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.
The products were distributed to the following US states: CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, MD, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WY. The products were distributed to the following foreign countries: Australia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, and Taiwan.
The states and territories these words name
26 states and territories.
Every one of them
- California
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Montana
- North Carolina
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
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 Jun 26, 2019.
- FDA classified it on Aug 8, 2019.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Aug 14, 2019.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 29, 2020.
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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