PERMA-HAND/MERSILK SILK BLU and VIRGIN SILK BLU
Medical device recall Z-2486-2020. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 8, 2020.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 8, 2020. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Not named no state, in where it went
- 99,612 eaches 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?
Lots of size 8-0 Blue twisted Silk Suture may not meet the stringent full shelf life of 5 years
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
PERMA-HAND/MERSILK SILK BLU and VIRGIN SILK BLU, Product Codes EH7457G EH7983G FV768 FV769 FV7771 U7058 U7059 W1782 W1784 W1819 W1820 W818 W819 W870
99,612 eaches, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lots JPM942 KL6991 LGM827 LEZ809 MK6383 MMZ678 JLK294 KDZ665 KGK318 LB6583 LBZ323 MHZ265 JKM117 KGZ428 LCM926 LJ6781 JK5467 KG6391 KGK122 LDM751 LGM998 MLZ444 JJH828 JJQ472 JPE958 JPH660 JPJ413 KDB811 KDP880 KEA813 KED040 KEH484 KJH714…
Every code shown here, 1,068 characters
Lots JPM942 KL6991 LGM827 LEZ809 MK6383 MMZ678 JLK294 KDZ665 KGK318 LB6583 LBZ323 MHZ265 JKM117 KGZ428 LCM926 LJ6781 JK5467 KG6391 KGK122 LDM751 LGM998 MLZ444 JJH828 JJQ472 JPE958 JPH660 JPJ413 KDB811 KDP880 KEA813 KED040 KEH484 KJH714 KKH186 KKH414 KKH422 KKJ413 KKQ351 LAH173 LAH250 MLQ803 MLQ983 LMH564 MLH118 JHH622 JKH290 JKH291 JKJ367 JMH262 JMH451 KCJ065 KCJ468 KGH971 KGJ788 KJH581 KKJ280 KMH239 LBJ014 LEH309 LMB752 MCQ954 MEB754 MKH209 KHJ240 LMH575 MCH323 JPE551 JPH615 JPJ120 KAH393 KDB810 KDH640 KDH719 KDP776 KED059 KEE862 KEH320 KEH438 KEH483 KJH266 KJH284 KJH948 KJJ285 KJJ336 KJJ971 KKP008 KKQ042 KKQ106 MEQ614 MJH320 MLA210 MMH143 KCB768 KDE561 KDE646 KDH112 KDH113 KDH114 KDH204 KDH205 KDH330 KDH361 KDH362 KGJ025 LBH039 MAB866 MGQ557 MHB435 MHB476 MHH396 MJH936 MKH098 MKH779 MLH064 JLJ429 JLJ813 JLQ137 JMJ111 JMJ541 JPH389 JPH467 JPH614 JPJ048 JPJ119 JPJ353 JPP592 JPP795 KJQ327 KKP006 KLH997 KPR661 LCJ238 LPB629 LPH954 MHB548 MKH419 MKH511 MKH533 MKQ474 MLH817 MLJ838 MMB871 MMH381 MEQ276 MJQ277 MMH382 MPJ283 JJP588 KGJ148 LCJ335 MCH324 MEJ543
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.
No domestic distribution. Foreign distribution to Algeria Angola Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Canada Chad Chile Czechia Egypt Finland France Gabon Germany Greece Hong Kong Iceland India Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Libya Lithuania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Netherlands (the) New Caledonia New Zealand Nigeria Oman Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of North Macedonia Russian Federation (the) Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Turkey United Arab Emirates (the) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
These words name no state.
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?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, 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 10, 2020.
- FDA classified it on Jul 2, 2020.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jul 8, 2020.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Ethicon, Inc., of Somerville, NJ.
- 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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