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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 87709

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 15, 2021
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
Boston Scientific 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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2 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 2

Colpassist Vaginal Positioning Device - Product Usage: intended for use in general gynecological surgery to assist in the positioning and manipulation of the vagina during the procedure. Material No. M0068318210

Z-1490-2021
Recall number
Z-1490-2021
Initiated
April 15, 2021
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Quantity
4,549 WW

App-derived interpretation

Sterility assurance reason.sterility_assurance · v1.0.0
sterile barrier breach

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

Potential for pinholes (sterile barrier breach) on the edge of the pouch to potentially render the device non-sterile, and may result in a post-operative infection

Code information

All unexpired lots: C003699 C003715 C003735 C003750 C003775 C003804 C003813 C003842 C003853 C003887 C003905 C003936 C003950 C003960 C003966 C003986 C003997 C004028 C004041 C004078 C004091 C004107 C004117 C004128 C004136 C004160 C004186 C004206 C004221 GTIN 08714729848097

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Algeria, Brazil, Colombia, Estonia, Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Finland, Great Britain, Italy, Austria, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Jordan, Belgium, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan.

device · product 2 of 2

UpsylonTM Y Mesh Kit with Colpassist Vaginal Positioning Device - Product Usage: intended for use as a bridging material for sacrocolposuspension/sacrocolpopexy (laparotomy, laparoscopic or robotic approach Material No.M0068318220 Individually packaged Upsylon Y Mesh (UPN M0068318200) is not impacted by this removal. Note: The UpsylonTM Y Mesh Kit consists of UpsylonTM Y Mesh and ColpassistTM Vaginal Positioning Device packaged and sterilized separately and then combined into a kit carton. This removal does not affect the UpsylonTM Y Mesh component of the kit, however, since the Colpassist device component is impacted, the entire UpsylonTM Y Mesh kit is being removed.

Z-1491-2021
Recall number
Z-1491-2021
Initiated
April 15, 2021
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Quantity
8,524 WW

App-derived interpretation

Sterility assurance reason.sterility_assurance · v1.0.0
sterile barrier breach

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Packaging process control

Compare all device evidence states

Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Potential for pinholes (sterile barrier breach) on the edge of the pouch to potentially render the device non-sterile, and may result in a post-operative infection

Code information

All unexpired lots: C003726 C003737 C003739 C003752 C003767 C003778 C003782 C003791 C003814 C003818 C003831 C003845 C003846 C003874 C003875 C003898 C003899 C003921 C003942 C003954 C003970 C003988 C003989 C003999 C004000 C004011 C004012 C004031 C004032 C004033 C004048 C004049 C004084 C004085 C004086 C004097 C004098 C004099 C004120 C004132 C004143 C004150 C004159 C004175 C004176 C004196 C004205 C004213 C004218 C004223 GTIN: 08714729848103

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Algeria, Brazil, Colombia, Estonia, Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Finland, Great Britain, Italy, Austria, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Jordan, Belgium, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan.