Heparin, Gore Viabahn VBX, Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis, for the following Reference numbers: United…
Medical device recall Z-2945-2024. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 11, 2024.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 11, 2024. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 49 states named
- 42,901 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?
Due to packaging defects, sterility assurance and heparin activity may be compromised.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Heparin, Gore Viabahn VBX, Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis, for the following Reference numbers: United States: BXB051501A BXB051502A BXB051901A BXB051902A BXB052901A BXB052902A BXB053901A BXB053902A BXB055901A BXB055902A BXB057901A BXB057902A BXB061501A BXB061502A BXB061901A BXB061902A BXB062901A BXB062902A BXB063901A BXB063902A BXB065901A BXB065902A BXB067901A BXB067902A BXB071501A BXB071502A BXB071901A BXB071902A BXB072901A BXB072902A BXB073901A BXB073902A BXB075901A BXB075902A BXB077901A BXB077902A BXB082901A BXB082902A BXB083901A BXB083902A BXB085901A BXB085902A BXB087901A BXB087902A BXBL082901A BXBL082902A BXBL083901A BXBL083902A BXBL085901A BXBL085902A BXBL087901A BXBL087902A BXB092901A BXB092902A BXB093901A BXB093902A BXB095901A BXB095902A BXB097901A BXB097902A Japan: BXB073901J BXB073902J BXB075901J BXB075902J BXB077901J BXB077902J
42,901 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot Serial Number/UDI: 27884430 00733132658251 27884431 00733132658251 27884432 00733132658251 27884433 00733132658251 27884434 00733132658251 27884435 00733132658251 27884436 00733132658251 27884437 00733132658251 27884438 00733132658251…
Every code shown here, 2,000 characters
Lot Serial Number/UDI: 27884430 00733132658251 27884431 00733132658251 27884432 00733132658251 27884433 00733132658251 27884434 00733132658251 27884435 00733132658251 27884436 00733132658251 27884437 00733132658251 27884438 00733132658251 27884439 00733132658251 27884440 00733132658251 27884441 00733132658251 27884442 00733132658251 27884443 00733132658251 27884444 00733132658251 27884445 00733132658251 28325852 00733132658251 28325853 00733132658251 28325854 00733132658251 28325856 00733132658251 28325857 00733132658251 28431071 00733132658251 28431072 00733132658251 28431073 00733132658251 28547558 00733132658251 28547559 00733132658251 28547560 00733132658251 28691206 00733132658251 28691207 00733132658251 28691208 00733132658251 28691209 00733132658251 28928606 00733132658251 28928607 00733132658251 28928608 00733132658251 28928609 00733132658251 28928610 00733132658251 28928611 00733132658251 28928612 00733132658251 28928613 00733132658251 28961589 00733132658251 28961590 00733132658251 28961591 00733132658251 29039475 00733132658251 29039476 00733132658251 29039477 00733132658251 29039478 00733132658251 29039479 00733132658251 28356298 00733132658268 27713024 00733132658268 27713025 00733132658268 27713026 00733132658268 27713027 00733132658268 27713028 00733132658268 27713029 00733132658268 27713030 00733132658268 27713031 00733132658268 27713032 00733132658268 27713033 00733132658268 27713034 00733132658268 27713035 00733132658268 27713036 00733132658268 27713037 00733132658268 27713038 00733132658268 27713039 00733132658268 27713040 00733132658268 27713041 00733132658268 27713042 00733132658268 27713043 00733132658268 27713044 00733132658268 27713045 00733132658268 27713046 00733132658268 27713047 00733132658268 27713048 00733132658268 27713049 00733132658268 27713050 00733132658268 27713052 00733132658268 27713053 00733132658268 27713054 00733132658268 27713055 00733132658268 27713056 00733132658268 27713057 00733132658268 27713058 00733132658268 27713059…
FDA’s list runs to 1,029,676 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
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 - US Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY and the country of Japan.
The states and territories these words name
49 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alaska
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- Montana
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Vermont
- 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?
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 Jul 1, 2024.
- FDA classified it on Aug 30, 2024.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 11, 2024.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- W L Gore & Associates, Inc., of Flagstaff, AZ.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
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.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 1,029,676 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- 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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