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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 71257

1 recalled-product record grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 30, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Smith & Nephew, Inc.

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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device · product 1 of 1

ULTRA-FAST FIX Knot Pusher Suture Cutters Product Number: 72201537 Intended for Meniscal Repair.

Z-1822-2015
Recall number
Z-1822-2015
Initiated
April 30, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Quantity
202,279 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Sterility of device maybe compromised

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Package design/selection

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Reason for recall

Sterility of device maybe compromised

Code information

All batches manufactured from April 2010 to April 2014 which have corresponding expiration dates of April 2015 to April 2019

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) Distribution including Puerto Rico and to the countries of : Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dubia UAE, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, Israel, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Sweden, Singapore,Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan, Venezuela and South Africa.