ROTATION MEDICAL TENDON STAPLES
Medical device recall Z-3096-2024. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 18, 2024.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 18, 2024. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- US: 6305 units; OUS : 160 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?
Product packaging process may result in an improper or incomplete seal of the outer foil pouch surrounding the inner Tyvek pouch, compromising product sterility
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
ROTATION MEDICAL TENDON STAPLES (8) (broad indication)-Intended for fixation of prosthetic material to soft tissues. Product Number: 2504-1
US: 6305 units; OUS : 160 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
UDI-DI: 00854501006067 Batch Number 51180055 51180056 51180057 51180058 51180059 51180060 51180061 51180062 51180063 51180064 51180065 51184280 51184281 51184282 51184283 51184284 51184285 51184286 51184287 51184288 51184289 51184290…
Every code shown here, 480 characters
UDI-DI: 00854501006067 Batch Number 51180055 51180056 51180057 51180058 51180059 51180060 51180061 51180062 51180063 51180064 51180065 51184280 51184281 51184282 51184283 51184284 51184285 51184286 51184287 51184288 51184289 51184290 51185286 51185287 51185288 51185289 Batch Number 51185290 51185291 51185292 51185293 51185294 51185295 51185296 51189247 51189249 51189250 51189251 51189252 51189254 51189255 51189256 51189257 51189258 51189259 51193811 51193816 51193818 51193820
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 and the countries of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates/Dubai (UAE).
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?
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 Aug 12, 2024.
- FDA classified it on Sep 10, 2024.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 18, 2024.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Smith & Nephew Inc., of Andover, MA.
- 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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