FDA-Device2018-10-10Class II
EEA Circular Stapler with Tri-Staple Technology, Part No. TRIEEA28MT TRIEEA28XT TRIEEA31MT TRIEEA31XT Product Usage: The EEA Circular Stapler with Tri-Staple Technology places a circular, triple staggered row of titanium staples and resects the excess tissue, creating a circular anastomosis.
COVIDIEN LLC
Hazard
The firm identified the potential for a device to have an incorrect tissue gap. Use of a device with an incorrect tissue gap may result in incomplete staple formation and/or the inability to remove the device from tissue following application potentially leading to bleeding, anastomotic leak or tissue trauma. There have been no reports of serious injury related to this issue.
Sold states
Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of CA, FL, IL, NC, NY, UT. and the countries of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Reunion, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.
Affected count
1,902
Manufactured in
15 Hampshire St, Mansfield, MA, United States
Products
EEA Circular Stapler with Tri-Staple Technology, Part No. TRIEEA28MT TRIEEA28XT TRIEEA31MT TRIEEA31XT Product Usage: The EEA Circular Stapler with Tri-Staple Technology places a circular, triple staggered row of titanium staples and resects the excess tissue, creating a circular anastomosis.
Official notice
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-0070-2019Don't want to check this manually?
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