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Event 75735

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
November 18, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Teleflex Medical

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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device · product 1 of 1

WECK Visistat 35W, Disposable Skin Stapler, Rx Only, Sterile, Teleflex Medical, NC 27709. The intended use of the Visistat stapler is to close lacerations on the outer layer of the dermis for a wide range of general, thoracic, obstetric, gynecological, orthopedic, cardiovascular, urological, and plastic surgical procedures.

Z-0764-2017
Recall number
Z-0764-2017
Initiated
November 18, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Teleflex Medical
Quantity
96,402 units (9,120 ea US, 87,282 ea OUS)

App-derived interpretation

Sterility assurance reason.sterility_assurance · v1.0.0
sterility is not assured

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Reason for recall

Sterility Deficiency: The packages are not sealed properly and thus the sterility is not assured.

Code information

Product Code: 528235, Lot numbers: 73C1600693, 73G1500681, 73H1500255, 73H1500256, 73K1500618, 73L1400006 and 73M1500130.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution- U.S. (Nationwide) and countries of: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand.

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