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Event 86035

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
June 23, 2020
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Sutter Medizintechnik GmbH

Dossier provenance

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  • 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

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Sutter Swyng non-stick bipolar forceps - Product Usage: single-use re electrosurgical instruments. The bipolar for-ceps are provided with bayonet-style handle design with straight or angled tips and different total lengths. They are to be connected through an appropriate bipolar cable with the bipolar output of an electrosurgical generator. The electrodes are provided sterile and are single-use instruments.

Z-2744-2020
Recall number
Z-2744-2020
Initiated
June 23, 2020
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
1337 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The label on the cardbox and the blister show the correct symbols for sterilization using irradiation and storage at 5 C to 40 C, the package insert (IFU) is labelled incorrectly. It shows the symbol for sterilization using Ethylene Oxide with the description for sterilization using irradiation.

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Reason for recall

The label on the cardbox and the blister show the correct symbols for sterilization using irradiation and storage at 5 C to 40 C, the package insert (IFU) is labelled incorrectly. It shows the symbol for sterilization using Ethylene Oxide with the description for sterilization using irradiation.

Code information

Models: 78 44 905 ST, 78 44 105 ST, 78 44 405 ST, 78 44 910 ST, 78 44 110 ST, 78 44 410 ST, 78 44 915 ST, 78 44 115 ST, 78 44 415 ST, 78 44 710 ST, 78 44 610 ST, 78 44 810 ST, 78 44 110 SL, 78 44 410 SL, 78 44 115 SL, 78 44 415 SL

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide distribution including in the states of MD, NJ, MI, NC, IN, CA, AL, WA, OK, MS, GA, FL, SC, TX, CO, MN, MO, KS.