Device recall: WECK AutoEndo5, Automatic Hem-O-Lok Clip Applier, REF AE05ML Automatic Endoscopic Surgical Ligating Clip Appliers are…
Class II FDA enforcement event 84032. Recall start date: . Status in the FDA record: Ongoing.
Reason for recall, in the words of FDA
Certain clip appliers have an increase in misloading and/or jamming related complaints that may be due to a discrepancy in the specification a component. Misloading and/or jamming may lead to clips falling out of the applier, clip breakage, or the jaws becoming locked in a partially closed position (jammed).
Class II, in the words of FDA
a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote
Teleflex Medical started this device recall on 4 Oct 2019. The firm address in the FDA record is in Morrisville, NC. FDA put the recall in Class II. FDA event 84032 has 2 product records. The first FDA enforcement report date is 27 Nov 2019. The record gives the status Ongoing.
It is important to note that most of the time recall classifications are determined after the recalling firm provides all of the information needed to determine the risk posed to public health. The classification and posting in the FDA Enforcement Report should not be seen as an expansion or change to a firm’s voluntary public warning.
FDA publishes these words. Source: FDA, Enforcement Reports, Important Note, read on . openFDA export of .
Distribution
In the words of FDA.
Worldwide distribution, including US nationwide (including Puerto Rico).
Recalling firm
Teleflex Medical, Morrisville, NC.
Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.
FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
Products
2 product records in the event.
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z-0496-2020 | WECK AutoEndo5, Automatic Hem-O-Lok Clip Applier, REF AE05ML Automatic Endoscopic Surgical Ligating Clip Appliers are delivery devices for Hem-o-lok ML non-absorbable polymer ligating clips | 34491 devices | Class II | Ongoing | 27 Nov 2019 |
| Z-0497-2020 | WECK Hem-O-Lok AutoEndo5, 5mm Automatic Endoscopie Hem-o-lok Applier, REF 543965 Automatic Endoscopic Surgical Ligating Clip Appliers are delivery devices for Hem-o-lok ML non-absorbable polymer ligating clips | 4099 devices | Class II | Ongoing | 27 Nov 2019 |
openFDA, about the status: FDA does not update the status of a recall after the recall has been classified according to its level of hazard. As such, the status of a recall (open, completed, or terminated) will remain unchanged after published in the Enforcement Reports.
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Enforcement event: All the product records that have one FDA event number. This site shows one event on one page.
Class II: The middle of the three FDA recall classes.
The event in context
- Device events that started in 2019
- 968
- Share of these events in Class II
- 88%
- Product records in this event
- 2Median of the firm: 1
- Events of the firm on the register
- 82
Other events of the firm
Official channels
- FDA enforcement report Z-0496-2020The FDA record of the first product of this event.
- FDA: recalls, market withdrawals and safety alertsThe recall notices on the FDA site.
- FDA MedWatchThe FDA safety reporting program for drugs and medical devices.
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Cite this page
Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 84032. https://recallregister.com/fda/ii/84032/. Source: openFDA enforcement reports. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- openFDA device enforcement reports
- Licence
- CC0 1.0
- Export date
- 28 Sep 2026
- Newest FDA report date on the register
- 23 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Where was the product distributed?
- The FDA record gives this distribution:
Worldwide distribution, including US nationwide (including Puerto Rico).
- What quantity of product is in FDA event 84032?
- The event has 2 product records. The first record gives this quantity:
34491 devices
- How did the recall start?
- The FDA record says:
Voluntary: Firm initiated
- How many device recalls of 2019 have the same class?
- 88% of the 968 device events that started in 2019 are in Class II.