FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Deroyal Industries, Inc. Lafollette: Sterile wound closure strips, packaged as follows: DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-202, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-203, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-204, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-206, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-212, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-213, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-214, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-215, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-216, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849
- Recall number
- Z-1421-2012
- Recalling firm
- Deroyal Industries, Inc. Lafollette
- Product
- Sterile wound closure strips, packaged as follows: DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-202, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-203, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-204, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-206, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-212, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-213, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-214, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-215, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849 DeRoyal EPISEAL, Wound Closure Strips, REF 46-216, STERILE R, Distributed by: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849; Manufacturer: DeRoyal Industries, 200 DeBusk Lane, Powell TN 37849
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-02-07
- Posted
- 2012-04-17
- Terminated
- 2013-07-10
- Reason
- Packages of Episeal wound closure strips and surgical kits containing them were recalled because the adhesive backing on Episeal wound closure strips may not release from the backing rendering the product unusable.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- DeRoyal Industries sent a Recall of Episeal Wound Closure Strip letter dated February 7, 2012, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to take the following action: 1. Please identify and quarantine any affected inventory using the product and lot numbers listed above. 2. Render affected product unusable, destroy and discard according to your facilitys guidelines. 3. If you are a distributor, forward this recall to any of your end users that may have affected product or provide us with the list and we will contact them. 4. Please complete the enclosed Notice of Destruction form, indicating the affected products you found in your inventory and destroyed. PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM EVEN IF YOU NO LONGER HAVE THE PRODUCT IN INVENTORY. Return this form by fax (865-362-3716) or email (recalls@deroyal.com) within two weeks of the date of this letter. DeRoyal will use your response on the Notice of Destruction form to send replacements as soon as they become available. If you have questions or need assistance with the recall, please contact DeRoyal Customer Support at 1-800-251-9864. We apologize for inconvenience this may cause you
- Quantity
- 126,720 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- USA (nationwide)
- Lot, serial or model codes
- REF 46-202, Lot Number: 346935; REF 46-203, Lot Numbers: 345495, 362263; REF 46-204, Lot Numbers: 350142, 344274; REF 46-206, Lot Numbers: 342708, 2360103; REF 46-212, Lot Numbers: 352631, 345230; REF 46-213, Lot Number: 350152; REF 46-214, Lot Numbers: 344278, 345232; REF 46-215, Lot Number: 345242; REF 46-216, Lot Numbers: 585961, 350276
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KGX
- Firm FEI
- 3005011024
- Firm city
- La Follette
- Firm state
- TN
- Firm country
- not on file
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- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
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- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
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