PROXIMATE Skin Stapler
Medical device recall Z-2610-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 17, 2014.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 17, 2014. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 45 states named
- 42,798 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?
The device may have a non-conforming component that may cause the device to fire an unformed staple.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
PROXIMATE Skin Stapler. PROXIMATE RH Rotating-Head Skin Stapler (Model PRR35), PROXIMATE PX Fixed-Head Skin Stapler (Model PXR35), Bulk/Non-Sterile PROXIMATE RH Rotating-Head Skin Stapler (Model CK 117), and Bulk/Non-Sterile PROXIMATE PX Fixed-Head Skin Stapler (Model CK 158). Skin stapler for use in a single patient, which is designed to apply rectangular stainless steel staples for routine wound closure.
42,798, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
PROXIMATE RH Rotating-Head Skin Stapler (Model PRR35) Batch L4EG3F L4EK3Y L4EP22 L4ER1D L4ER9X L4EU87 PROXIMATE PX Fixed-Head Skin Stapler (Model PXR35) Batch L4EG2T L4EH20 L4EH85 L4EK50 L4EN58 L4EN94 L4EP2F L4EP6G L4ER1L L4EU0J L4EV07…
Every code shown here, 563 characters
PROXIMATE RH Rotating-Head Skin Stapler (Model PRR35) Batch L4EG3F L4EK3Y L4EP22 L4ER1D L4ER9X L4EU87 PROXIMATE PX Fixed-Head Skin Stapler (Model PXR35) Batch L4EG2T L4EH20 L4EH85 L4EK50 L4EN58 L4EN94 L4EP2F L4EP6G L4ER1L L4EU0J L4EV07 Bulk/Non-Sterile PROXIMATE RH Rotating-Head Skin Stapler (Model CK 117) Batch L91J4U L91K38 L91K6N L91M8N L91N22 L91W33 L91X5V Bulk/Non-Sterile PROXIMATE PX Fixed-Head Skin Stapler (Model CK 158) Batch L90W40 L90X3C L90Y0U L90Y4V L90Z7C L9108Z L91151 L91223 L91970 L91A7N L91C5C L91E2Z L91E6P L91G46 L91J4L L91K3A L91M4U L91T81
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: US (nationwide) including states of: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY; and countries of: Armenia, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, UK, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Singapore, Taiwan, Tanzania, and South Africa.
The states and territories these words name
45 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alaska
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- Montana
- North Carolina
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
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, 2014.
- FDA classified it on Sep 8, 2014.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 17, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on Jul 10, 2015.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc, of Blue Ash, OH.
- 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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