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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Device product

Smith & Nephew Whipknot Soft Tissue Cinch #5 Sutures. PN: 7211015

Z-1536-2018

December 11, 2017

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Event
Event 79700
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
22
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1536-2018

Official wording

Reason: Packaging design is insufficient to prevent potential sterile barrier breach (pin hole) in Tyvek film of pouch. A limited number of previously recalled devices were inadvertently redistributed.

Code information: Batch No. 50498479; 50526605; 50527117; 50553176; 50579348; 50581344; 50588245; 50590542; 50591919; 50592295 & 50603355

Distribution pattern: Distributed to accounts in 7 states: AZ, ME, NY, OH, PA, TN, and VT; and PR.

Derived failure modes

  • Sterility assurance

    reason.sterility_assurance · v1.0.0

    sterile barrier breach