STRATAFIX SXMP1B415Recalls & reported problems
Ethicon, LLC · Knotless Tissue Control Device, Undyed Unidirectional (Antibacterial) Synthetic Absorbable Device · Class 2 · Implant
All models of STRATAFIX (181)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10705031236431), received between Apr 7, 2023 and Mar 31, 2025 — classified as 2 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
- Break1
Patient problems
- Failure to Anastomose1
- Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding1
- Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction1
- Wound Dehiscence1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryMar 31, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A ROBOTIC PROSTATECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2025 AND A BARBED SUTURE WAS USED. POST-OP, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A LEAK FROM THE BLADDER ANASTOMOSIS. IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT INTERVENTION WAS DONE, IF OVER SEWING WAS DONE OR A FOLLOW UP SURGERY. THE PATIENT IS FINE AND THE SUTURE REMAINS IMPLANTED IN THE PATIENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED.
Patient problems: Failure to Anastomose
MAUDE report 21730139 ↗InjuryApr 7, 2023Break; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Break; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A ROBOTIC HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE IN EARLY (B)(6) 2023 AND BARBED SUTURE WAS USED ON THE VAGINAL CUFF. TWO AND HAFF WEEKS LATER, THE PATIENT STARTED PASSING BLOOD CLOTS. THEY REOPERATED AT THREE WEEKS AND FOUND THAT THE SUTURE HAD COMPLETED DEHISCENCE AT THE VAGINAL CUFF. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED.
Patient problems: Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding; Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction; Wound Dehiscence
MAUDE report 16701090 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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