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Event 86290

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 17, 2020
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
ArthroCare 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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Speed Stitch Needle Cassette

Z-2999-2020
Recall number
Z-2999-2020
Initiated
August 17, 2020
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
ArthroCare Corporation
Quantity
6,366 needles

App-derived interpretation

Potency or specification failure reason.potency_specification_failure · v1.0.0
does not meet the specification

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

Due to a supplier error where a portion of the raw material was inadvertently mixed. As a result, some needles may be made of commercially pure titanium as opposed to 304 stainless steel which does not meet the specification and could potentially break during use.

Code information

Model: OM-8850 Lot Numbers: 2018434, 2018934, 2019558, 2019559, 2019929, 2019930, 2020931, 2022111, 2022641, 2030008, 2032212, 2033815, 2037604, 2036941, 2038701, 2039699, 2040500, 2042295, 2044957, 2047483, 2048575, 2051239 & 2032526

Distribution pattern

Domestic Distribution: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT,DB,FL,GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA,MD,ME,MI,MN,MO,MS,MT, NC,ND, NE, NJ, NSW, NV,NY, OH,OK, OR, PA,SC, TN,TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV. International Distribution: AE, AU, CH, DE, FI, FR, GB, HK, IE, PA, PR, PT, RU, SG, and ZA