FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Boston Scientific Corporation: Capio RP; Model #M0068321010. Intended for use in general suturing applications during open surgery to assist in the placement of suture material in tissues at the operative site.
- Recall number
- Z-1621-2018
- Recalling firm
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Product
- Capio RP; Model #M0068321010. Intended for use in general suturing applications during open surgery to assist in the placement of suture material in tissues at the operative site.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2018-02-12
- Posted
- 2018-05-04
- Terminated
- 2020-04-10
- Reason
- Potential for Capio sutures to break and /or detach.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- Boston Scientific sent Urgent Medical Device Correction letters, dated February 12, 2018, to customers via FED-EX two day delivery. Customers were informed of the updates to the affected product instructions for use and advised to read the notification carefully and immediately post the information in a visible location near the product to ensure it is easily accessible to all users of the device. Also, the notification should be passed on to any health professional of the customer's organization that needs to be aware and to any organization where the potentially affected devices have been transferred. Customers with questions should contact their local BSC (Boston Scientific) Representative. **No product is being recalled and you are not required to return product to Boston Scientific** There is no impact to previously implanted mesh devices.
- Quantity
- 2,567
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- US, Brazil, Guatemala, Ecuador, Malaysia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Argentina, Honduras, Peru, Singapore, Denmark, Iceland, Chile, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Japan, Egypt, Israel, Canada, Panama, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Finland, Ireland, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, Austria, France, Italy, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, Bahrain, Georgia, Islamic Republic of Iran, El Salvador, Colombia, New Zealand, Belgium, Germany, Jordan, Norway, Russia, Pakistan, Slovakia, Portugal, South Africa, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Slovenia, Qatar, Spain, Kenya, Lebanon, Mauritius, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, Kuwait, Malta, Namibia, Romania, Switzerland, and Greece.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- UDI:08714729470212 Batch numbers: 17813516 18653139 19987270 18014753 18886132 20278129 18015797 19173287 20604455 18015964 19335466 20844362 18234939 19491590 21178815 18237323 19693866 21227473 21386746
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- PWI
- Firm FEI
- 3005099803
- Firm city
- Marlborough
- Firm state
- MA
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28