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Class 2 Device Recall Sofsilk Braided Silk sutures

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  Class 2 Device Recall Sofsilk Braided Silk sutures see related information
Date Initiated by Firm January 25, 2024
Date Posted April 29, 2024
Recall Status1 Open3, Classified
Recall Number Z-1697-2024
Recall Event ID 94351
510(K)Number K981128  
Product Classification Suture, nonabsorbable, silk - Product Code GAP
Product Sofsilk Braided Silk sutures, Product Number S-2782K. Nonabsorbable, sterile, non-mutagenic surgical suture composed of natural silk fibers, for use in soft tissue approximation and/or ligation.
Code Information UDI-DI 20884521086422 Lot D2F2101RY
Recalling Firm/
Manufacturer		 Covidien, LP
60 Middletown Ave
North Haven CT 06473-3908
For Additional Information Contact Kati Salefski
508-452-4894
Manufacturer Reason
for Recall		 One lot of product was exposed to more than the approved number of Ethylene Oxide (EO) sterilization cycles. This may decrease the tensile strength of the sutures over time, which could result in harms such as wound dehiscence, hemorrhage, blood loss, bleeding, tissue breakdown, peritonitis, unspecified infection, vision loss (when used in ophthalmic application), and/or prolonged surgery.
FDA Determined
Cause 2		 Process control
Action On January 25, 2024, Medtronic issued an expansion to their earlier recall for sutures (RES 93768) concerning gamma sterilization. As part of that expansion, there was an additional lot of product which was exposed to more than the approved number of EO sterilization cycles, which is covered in this recall, RES 94351. The issue was communicated to affected consignees via letters. Consignees are asked to return any affected product they may have, forward this notification to those who need to be aware within the organization and to any location which the devices have been transferred.
Quantity in Commerce 36 total, OUS distribution only
Distribution International distribution in the countries of Portugal and Italy.
Total Product Life Cycle TPLC Device Report
1 A record in this database is created when a firm initiates a correction or removal action. The record is updated if the FDA identifies a violation and classifies the action as a recall, and it is updated for a final time when the recall is terminated. Learn more about medical device recalls.
2 Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall.
3 The manufacturer has initiated the recall and not all products have been corrected or removed. This record will be updated as the status changes.
510(K) Database 510(K)s with Product Code = GAP and Original Applicant = UNITED STATES SURGICAL, A DIVISION OF TYCO HEALTHC
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