Synthes Sciatic Nerve Retractor and Sciatic Nerve Retractor Long
Medical device recall Z-2418-2015. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 26, 2015.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 26, 2015. 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
- 1113 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 micropores to form, allowing fluid to enter the hollow handle.
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Which ones are recalled?
Synthes Sciatic Nerve Retractor and Sciatic Nerve Retractor Long; Synthes Sciatic Nerve Retractor and Sciatic Nerve Retractor Long are system specific instruments to the 3.5 mm Low Profile Pelvic System Retractor Set.
1113, in FDA’s words.
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Codes to check against yours
Part Numbers 03.100.013 03.100.014 with lot numbers: 5001180 5001181 5043720 5043721 5043722 5043723 5056224 5056410 5056411 5101097 5106064 5109323 5162016 5207917 5252353 5252354 5303914 5303916 5626912 904732 / A7OA43 908057 / A7PA10…
Every code shown here, 988 characters
Part Numbers 03.100.013 03.100.014 with lot numbers: 5001180 5001181 5043720 5043721 5043722 5043723 5056224 5056410 5056411 5101097 5106064 5109323 5162016 5207917 5252353 5252354 5303914 5303916 5626912 904732 / A7OA43 908057 / A7PA10 909551 / A7PA20 910819 / A7PA30 T100870 T104992 T108114 T114599 T938508 T939338 T939640 T942069 T945414 T946497 T949375 T954443 T958062 T963371 T968151 T968381 T972086 T974174 T974550 T977901 T980418 T980555 T983069 T984285 T987813 T993091 T996572 T999967 5001182 5001183 5042920 5042921 5042922 5042923 5056851 5087081 5087082 5109324 5109325 5109326 5109327 5162012 5207918 5252394 5256421 5256479 5256480 5305758 5305759 5305760 5877095 6040220 6040225 6040226 6056133 6056134 903786 / A7OA37 904731 / A7OA43 908058 / A7PA10 909552 / A7PA20 910911 / A7PA31 T100871 T104993 T108115 T114598 T932954 T935264 T939339 T945413 T946498 T947785 T954444 T958061 T963372 T968152 T974175 T977904 T980511 T983070 T984228 T987809 T989000 T993092 T996565 T999969
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.
Nationwide and internationally, including Canada
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 Jul 29, 2015.
- FDA classified it on Aug 19, 2015.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Aug 26, 2015.
- FDA terminated it on May 19, 2016.
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Who is recalling it?
- Synthes (USA) Products LLC, of West Chester, PA.
- 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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