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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 93071

2 recalled-product records grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
September 12, 2023
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
Olympus Corporation of the Americas

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

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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2 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 2

THUNDERBEAT, 5MM, 35CM, Front-actuated Grip Type S. Model: TB-0535FCS Indicated for open, laparoscopic (including single-site surgery) general surgery and gynecological surgery (including urologic, thoracic, plastic and reconstructive, bowel resections, cholecystectomies, Nissen fundoplication, adhesiolysis, oophorectomy, hysterectomies (both vaginal assisted and abdominal) etc) and endoscopic surgery or in any procedure in which cutting, vessel ligation (sealing and cutting), coagulation, grasping, and dissection is performed

Z-0108-2024
Recall number
Z-0108-2024
Initiated
September 12, 2023
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Quantity
2496 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Thunderbeats blue seal button may remain in the engaged position after the button is released and not immediately return to a neutral position may result in prolonged surgery

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

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Reason for recall

Thunderbeats blue seal button may remain in the engaged position after the button is released and not immediately return to a neutral position may result in prolonged surgery

Code information

UDI-DI: 4953170409677 Lot Numbers: KR271978 KR314612 KR314613 KR314615 KR314617 KR314618 KR314619 KR314621 KR314622 KR314623 KR314624 KR314626 KR314627 KR314628 KR314629 KR314630 KR314631 KR314632 KR314633 KR314634 KR314638 KR314640 KR314641 KR314644 KR314647 KR314648 KR314650 KR314651 KR314652 KR314654 KR314655 KR314657 KR314659 KR314660 KR314662 KR314663 KR314668 KR314670 KR314671 KR314672 KR314673 KR314674 KR314675 KR314676 KR314679 KR316617 KR316627 KR316629 KR316637 KR316683 KR319616 KR319643 KR319655 KR332609 KR332615 KR332616 KR332623 KR332626 KR335733 KR335754 KR335760 KR335769 KR335770 KR335776 KR335781 KR335784 KR335785 KR335794 KR335796 KR335836 PW308606 PW308607 PW308609 PW308611 PW308613 PW308615 PW308616 PW308663 PW308772 PW308773 PW308774 PW308775 PW308776 PW308786 PW308788 Lots Added January 11, 2024: KR271978 KR314619 KR314627 KR314633 KR314648 KR335770 KR310806 KR314612 KR314621 KR314628 KR314634 KR332616 KR335836 KR310809 KR314613 KR314622 KR314629 KR314638 KR332623 KR333661 KR314615 KR314623 KR314630 KR314640 KR332626 KR342666 KR314617 KR314624 KR314631 KR314641 KR335754 KR314618 KR314626 KR314632 KR314644 KR335769

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide distribution.

device · product 2 of 2

THUNDERBEAT, 5MM, 45CM, Front-actuated Grip Type S Model: TB-0545FCS Indicated for open, laparoscopic (including single-site surgery) general surgery and gynecological surgery (including urologic, thoracic, plastic and reconstructive, bowel resections, cholecystectomies, Nissen fundoplication, adhesiolysis, oophorectomy, hysterectomies (both vaginal assisted and abdominal) etc) and endoscopic surgery or in any procedure in which cutting, vessel ligation (sealing and cutting), coagulation, grasping, and dissection is performed

Z-0109-2024
Recall number
Z-0109-2024
Initiated
September 12, 2023
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Quantity
271 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Thunderbeats blue seal button may remain in the engaged position after the button is released and not immediately return to a neutral position may result in prolonged surgery

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

Compare all device evidence states

Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Thunderbeats blue seal button may remain in the engaged position after the button is released and not immediately return to a neutral position may result in prolonged surgery

Code information

UDI-DI: 4953170409684 Lot Numbers: KR310806 KR310809 KR313734 KR319658 KR326619 KR326628 KR333661 Lots Added January 11, 2024: KR310806 KR310809 KR333661 KR342666

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide distribution.

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