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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 82403

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
January 25, 2019
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Medrobotics 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

Obturator (long cone), Part number 25162 Product Usage: The obturator is a component of the Flex Rectoscope which is an accessory to the Flex Robotic System. The Medrobotics Flex Robotic System is intended to provide robot-assisted control of the Flex Colorectal Drive during visualization of and surgical site access to the anus, rectum and distal colon. The Flex Robotic System is intended for use in adults (e22 years of age). The Flex Colorectal Drive is intended for robot-assisted visualization of and surgical site access to the anus, rectum, and distal colon in adults (e22 years of age). The Flex Colorectal Drive also provides accessory channels for compatible flexible instruments used in surgery.

Z-1191-2019
Recall number
Z-1191-2019
Initiated
January 25, 2019
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Medrobotics Corporation
Quantity
35

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The weld may break, resulting in the rod separating from the cone of the long and short cone Obturators.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

The weld may break, resulting in the rod separating from the cone of the long and short cone Obturators.

Code information

lots 18832-17, 19042-07, 19042-01, 19199-01, 18832-17, 19669-05, 19684-05

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of CO, DC, FL, IL, MD, MO, NY, OK, PA, TX, and VA. Foreign distribution to Australia and Italy.

device · product 2 of 2

Obturator (shortcone), Part number 26114 Product Usage: The obturator is a component of the Flex Rectoscope which is an accessory to the Flex Robotic System. The Medrobotics Flex Robotic System is intended to provide robot-assisted control of the Flex Colorectal Drive during visualization of and surgical site access to the anus, rectum and distal colon. The Flex Robotic System is intended for use in adults (e22 years of age). The Flex Colorectal Drive is intended for robot-assisted visualization of and surgical site access to the anus, rectum, and distal colon in adults (e22 years of age). The Flex Colorectal Drive also provides accessory channels for compatible flexible instruments used in surgery.

Z-1192-2019
Recall number
Z-1192-2019
Initiated
January 25, 2019
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Medrobotics Corporation
Quantity
24

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The weld may break, resulting in the rod separating from the cone of the long and short cone Obturators.

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

The weld may break, resulting in the rod separating from the cone of the long and short cone Obturators.

Code information

lots 19419-01, 19669-06, 19684-06

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of CO, DC, FL, IL, MD, MO, NY, OK, PA, TX, and VA. Foreign distribution to Australia and Italy.