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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 81773

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 07, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Ethicon Endo-Surgery 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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2 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 2

PROXIMATE¿ HCS Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler Product Code: PPH01 PPH01: The PROXIMATE¿ HCS Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler and Accessories have application for general surgical treatment of anorectal wall defects by means of transanal stapling and resection of mucosal and musculomucosal tissue.

Z-0695-2019
Recall number
Z-0695-2019
Initiated
December 07, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
480 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler may have been assembled without a washer, this may potentially cause bleeding or soft tissue injury during use as the device may not fully cut when fired

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler may have been assembled without a washer, this may potentially cause bleeding or soft tissue injury during use as the device may not fully cut when fired

Code information

Lot Codes: P9461W, P94K20

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (Nationwide) and to countries of: ARGENTINA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, ECUADOR, EGYPT, INDIA, INDONESIA, JAPAN, KOREA, KUWAIT, LEBANON MEXICO, NICARAGUA, PAKISTAN, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN URUGUAY and VIETNAM.

device · product 2 of 2

PROXIMATE¿ PPH Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler Product Code:PPH03 PPH03: The PROXIMATE¿ PPH Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler and Accessories have application throughout the anal canal to perform surgical treatment of hemorrhoidal disease

Z-0696-2019
Recall number
Z-0696-2019
Initiated
December 07, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
15,264 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler may have been assembled without a washer, this may potentially cause bleeding or soft tissue injury during use as the device may not fully cut when fired

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Process control

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Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Hemorrhoidal Circular Stapler may have been assembled without a washer, this may potentially cause bleeding or soft tissue injury during use as the device may not fully cut when fired

Code information

Lot Codes: P93K95 P9420Y P94A4T P93L1M P9420Z P94D3N P93M3G P9441H P94F3Z P93T35 P9450L P94G04 P93T7F P9463J P94H5F P93W3M P94765 P94J4W P93W3N P9487Z P94J80 P93Y58 P94901 P94K2A P94117 P94A20 R9200Z

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (Nationwide) and to countries of: ARGENTINA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, ECUADOR, EGYPT, INDIA, INDONESIA, JAPAN, KOREA, KUWAIT, LEBANON MEXICO, NICARAGUA, PAKISTAN, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN URUGUAY and VIETNAM.