Class 2 Device Recall PROLENE

• Date Initiated by Firm: March 07, 2025
• Date Posted: April 03, 2025
• Recall Status: Open, Classified
• Recall Number: Z-1515-2025
• Recall Event ID: 96461
• 510(K)Number: K133356
• Product Classification: Suture, surgical, absorbable, polydioxanone - Product Code NEW
• Product: PROLENE BLU 18IN(45CM) USP6-0(M0.7) S/A P-1 PRM
• Code Information: Product Code: (1) 8706H-15, (2) 8711H-16; GMDN: 13909; UDI-DI: (1) 10705031019430, (2) 10705031019560; Lot number: 104E88, 104E89, 1047TZ, 104BQ0, 104DA2, 104JAR, 104JPJ, 104SES, 104KHD, 104SER
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Ethicon Endo Surgery, LLC; 475C - Suite 202; Guaynabo PR 00969
• For Additional Information Contact: Ethicon Resource Department; 1-877-384-4266
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: Identified curing issues with the silicone during the needles manufacturing process.
• FDA Determined Cause: Process control
• Action: On March 7, 2025, "URGENT: MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL (REMOVAL)"letters dated March 7, 2025, were sent to customers. ACTION REQUIRED 1. Examine your inventory immediately to determine if you have product subject to this recall on hand and quarantine such product(s). If you have product subject to this recall, please maintain a copy of this notice with the quarantined product and keep a copy for your records. 2. Communicate the issue to relevant operating room or materials management personnel, or anyone else in your facility who needs to be informed. 3. Complete the Business Reply Form (BRF) (Attachment 2) confirming receipt of this notice and fax 866-209-0985 or email ethicon8403@sedgwick.com to Sedgwick within three (3) business days. Please return the BRF even if you do not have product subject to this recall. 4. Customers are required to immediately return all unused sutures subject to this recall that are in inventory no later than June 30, 2025, to Sedgwick. 5. To return product subject to this recall, photocopy the completed BRF, place it in the box with the product, and affix the pre-paid authorized shipping label included with the recall notification letter. Ethicon will pay for the shipping charges only if the authorized label is used. 6. Keep this notice visibly posted for awareness until all product subject to this recall has been returned to Sedgwick. If you require any assistance with returning product, please contact Sedgwick at 866-737-4762 and reference Event # 8403. If you have additional questions regarding this communication or want to report any product complaints, please contact the Ethicon Resource Department at 1-877-ETHICON (1-877-384-4266). The Ethicon Resource Department is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET.
• Quantity in Commerce: 37,080 units
• Distribution: Worldwide Distribution: US (Nationwide) and OUS (Foreign) to countries of: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Uruguay.
• 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 = NEW