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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 98007

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
February 17, 2024
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
Olympus Corporation of the Americas

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

2 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 2

Brand Name: Single Use Electrosurgical Knife Product Name: Olympus Single Use Electrosurgical Knife KD-640L Model/Catalog Number: KD640-L Product Description: An electrosurgical device consisting of a handpiece with mechanical and/or electrical controls, and a monopolar electrode, intended to deliver a current from a system generator directly to tissues for cutting/coagulation/ablation during endoscopic (including laparoscopic, arthroscopic) surgery.

Z-1222-2026
Recall number
Z-1222-2026
Initiated
February 17, 2024
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Quantity
units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
A deterioration of the cutting knife, including overheating and burning, can contribute to tip breakage during use.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Device Design

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Reason for recall

A deterioration of the cutting knife, including overheating and burning, can contribute to tip breakage during use.

Code information

Model/Catalog Number: KD640-L UDI: 04953170208423 Lot Number(s): 2ZK, 31K, 32K, 33K, 34K, 35K, 36K, 37K, 38K, 39K, 3XK, 3YK, 3ZK, 41K, 42K, 43K, 44K, 45K, 46K, 47K, 48K, 49K, 4XK, 4YK, 4ZK, 51K, 52K, 53K, 54K, 55K, 58K, 59K

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide distribution.

device · product 2 of 2

Brand Name: Single Use Electrosurgical Knife KD-645 Product Name: Olympus Single Use Electrosurgical Knife KD-645 Model/Catalog Number: KD-645L Product Description: An electrosurgical device consisting of a handpiece with mechanical and/or electrical controls, and a monopolar electrode, intended to deliver a current from a system generator directly to tissues for cutting/coagulation/ablation during endoscopic (including laparoscopic, arthroscopic) surgery.

Z-1223-2026
Recall number
Z-1223-2026
Initiated
February 17, 2024
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Quantity
3361 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
A deterioration of the cutting knife, including overheating and burning, can contribute to tip breakage during use.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Device Design

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Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

A deterioration of the cutting knife, including overheating and burning, can contribute to tip breakage during use.

Code information

Model/Catalog Number: KD-645L UDI: 04953170407857 Lot Number(s): 2ZK, 31K, 32K, 33K, 35K, 3XK, 3YK, 3ZK, 42K, 43K, 44K, 45K, 46K, 47K, 48K, 49K, 4XK, 4YK, 4ZK, 51K, 52K, 53K, 54K, 55K, 56K, 57K, 58K, 59K

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide distribution.