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Event 73846

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 12, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Stryker Corporation

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 2

CinchLock SS Knotless Anchor with Inserter; Model number CAT02462; Orthopedic: The Pivot CinchLock SS Knotless Anchor (CAT02462) and Pivot CinchLock Flex Knotless Anchor (CAT02463) are non-degradable implant devices intended for the fixation of soft tissue to bone. Used for repair of hip, shoulder, foot and ankle, elbow, wrist and hand and knee.

Z-1634-2016
Recall number
Z-1634-2016
Initiated
April 12, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Stryker Corporation
Quantity
3100 total device, both model numbers.

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Stryker Endoscopy is recalling the CinchLock SS Knotless Anchor with Inserter and the CinchLock Flex Anchor with Inserter after 13 reports of s of an internal wire breaking upon deployment of the anchor.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Device Design

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Reason for recall

Stryker Endoscopy is recalling the CinchLock SS Knotless Anchor with Inserter and the CinchLock Flex Anchor with Inserter after 13 reports of s of an internal wire breaking upon deployment of the anchor.

Code information

Model number: CAT02462 Serial numbers: 15120801, 15121401, 16010402, 16011901, 16012501.

Distribution pattern

Distributed US (nationwide) and in Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.

device · product 2 of 2

CinchLock Flex Knotless Anchor with Inserter; Model number CAT02643; Orthopedic: The Pivot CinchLock SS Knotless Anchor (CAT02462) and Pivot CinchLock Flex Knotless Anchor (CAT02463) are non-degradable implant devices intended for the fixation of soft tissue to bone. Used for repair of hip, shoulder, foot and ankle, elbow, wrist and hand and knee.

Z-1635-2016
Recall number
Z-1635-2016
Initiated
April 12, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Stryker Corporation
Quantity
3100 total devices, both models

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Stryker Endoscopy is recalling the CinchLock SS Knotless Anchor with Inserter and the CinchLock Flex Anchor with Inserter after 13 reports of an internal wire breaking upon deployment of the anchor.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Device Design

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Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Stryker Endoscopy is recalling the CinchLock SS Knotless Anchor with Inserter and the CinchLock Flex Anchor with Inserter after 13 reports of an internal wire breaking upon deployment of the anchor.

Code information

Model number: CAT02643; Serial numbers: 15122202, 16011301,16020802

Distribution pattern

Distributed US (nationwide) and in Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.