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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 82539

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 11, 2019
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class I
Statuses
Completed
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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Every recalled product in this event

12 official enforcement rows

Product dates, classifications, firms, and source wording remain attached to their individual rows. Opening this dossier never hides products that did not match a prior timeline filter.

device · product 1 of 12

Curved Intraluminal Staplers, 21 mm diameter, Model CDH21A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper matching of instrument to diameter of the lumen. The instrument permits tissue attachment to the anvil shaft in a location remote from the main body of the instrument to improve access and visibility.

Z-1267-2019
Recall number
Z-1267-2019
Initiated
April 11, 2019
Classification
Class I
Status
Completed
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
434,614 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

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

The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

Code information

All Lots within EXPIRATION Date Range: December 2022 March 2024

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal. Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.

device · product 2 of 12

Curved Intraluminal Staplers, 25 mm diameter, Model CDH25A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper matching of instrument to diameter of the lumen. The instrument permits tissue attachment to the anvil shaft in a location remote from the main body of the instrument to improve access and visibility.

Z-1268-2019
Recall number
Z-1268-2019
Initiated
April 11, 2019
Classification
Class I
Status
Completed
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
434,614 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

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

The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

Code information

All Lots within EXPIRATION Date Range: December 2022 March 2024

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal. Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.

device · product 3 of 12

Curved Intraluminal Staplers, 29 mm diameter, Model CDH29A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper matching of instrument to diameter of the lumen. The instrument permits tissue attachment to the anvil shaft in a location remote from the main body of the instrument to improve access and visibility.

Z-1269-2019
Recall number
Z-1269-2019
Initiated
April 11, 2019
Classification
Class I
Status
Completed
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
434,614 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

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

The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

Code information

All Lots within EXPIRATION Date Range: December 2022 March 2024

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal. Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.

device · product 4 of 12

Curved Intraluminal Staplers, 33 mm diameter, Model CDH33A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper matching of instrument to diameter of the lumen. The instrument permits tissue attachment to the anvil shaft in a location remote from the main body of the instrument to improve access and visibility.

Z-1270-2019
Recall number
Z-1270-2019
Initiated
April 11, 2019
Classification
Class I
Status
Completed
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
434,614 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

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

The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

Code information

All Lots within EXPIRATION Date Range: December 2022 March 2024

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal. Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.

device · product 5 of 12

Endoscopic Curved Intraluminal Stapler, 21 mm diameter, Model ECS21A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper matching of instrument to diameter of the lumen. The instrument permits tissue attachment to the anvil shaft in a location remote from the main body of the instrument to improve access and visibility.

Z-1271-2019
Recall number
Z-1271-2019
Initiated
April 11, 2019
Classification
Class I
Status
Completed
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
434,614 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

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

The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

Code information

All Lots within EXPIRATION Date Range: February 2023 March 2024

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal. Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.

device · product 6 of 12

Endoscopic Curved Intraluminal Stapler, 25 mm diameter, Model ECS25A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper matching of instrument to diameter of the lumen. The instrument permits tissue attachment to the anvil shaft in a location remote from the main body of the instrument to improve access and visibility.

Z-1272-2019
Recall number
Z-1272-2019
Initiated
April 11, 2019
Classification
Class I
Status
Completed
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
434,614 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

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

The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

Code information

All Lots within EXPIRATION Date Range: February 2023 March 2024

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal. Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.

device · product 7 of 12

Endoscopic Curved Intraluminal Stapler, 29 mm diameter, Model ECS29A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper matching of instrument to diameter of the lumen. The instrument permits tissue attachment to the anvil shaft in a location remote from the main body of the instrument to improve access and visibility.

Z-1273-2019
Recall number
Z-1273-2019
Initiated
April 11, 2019
Classification
Class I
Status
Completed
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
434,614 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

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

The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

Code information

All Lots within EXPIRATION Date Range: February 2023 March 2024

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal. Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.

device · product 8 of 12

Endoscopic Curved Intraluminal Stapler, 33 mm diameter, Model ECS33A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper matching of instrument to diameter of the lumen. The instrument permits tissue attachment to the anvil shaft in a location remote from the main body of the instrument to improve access and visibility.

Z-1274-2019
Recall number
Z-1274-2019
Initiated
April 11, 2019
Classification
Class I
Status
Completed
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
434,614 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

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

The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

Code information

All Lots within EXPIRATION Date Range: February 2023 March 2024

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal. Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.

device · product 9 of 12

Straight Intraluminal Staplers, 21 mm diameter, Model SDH21A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper matching of instrument to diameter of the lumen. The instrument permits tissue attachment to the anvil shaft in a location remote from the main body of the instrument to improve access and visibility.

Z-1275-2019
Recall number
Z-1275-2019
Initiated
April 11, 2019
Classification
Class I
Status
Completed
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
434,614 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

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

The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

Code information

All Lots within EXPIRATION Date Range: February 2023 March 2024

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal. Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.

device · product 10 of 12

Straight Intraluminal Staplers, 25 mm diameter, Model SDH25A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper matching of instrument to diameter of the lumen. The instrument permits tissue attachment to the anvil shaft in a location remote from the main body of the instrument to improve access and visibility.

Z-1276-2019
Recall number
Z-1276-2019
Initiated
April 11, 2019
Classification
Class I
Status
Completed
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
434,614 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

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

The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

Code information

All Lots within EXPIRATION Date Range: February 2023 March 2024

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal. Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.

device · product 11 of 12

Straight Intraluminal Staplers, 29 mm diameter, Model SDH29A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper matching of instrument to diameter of the lumen. The instrument permits tissue attachment to the anvil shaft in a location remote from the main body of the instrument to improve access and visibility.

Z-1277-2019
Recall number
Z-1277-2019
Initiated
April 11, 2019
Classification
Class I
Status
Completed
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
434,614 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

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

The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

Code information

All Lots within EXPIRATION Date Range: February 2023 March 2024

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal. Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.

device · product 12 of 12

Straight Intraluminal Staplers, 33 mm diameter, Model SDH33A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper matching of instrument to diameter of the lumen. The instrument permits tissue attachment to the anvil shaft in a location remote from the main body of the instrument to improve access and visibility.

Z-1278-2019
Recall number
Z-1278-2019
Initiated
April 11, 2019
Classification
Class I
Status
Completed
Recalling firm
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
Quantity
434,614 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

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

The staplers may have an insufficient firing stroke to break the washer and completely form staples.

Code information

All Lots within EXPIRATION Date Range: February 2023 March 2024

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal. Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.