NA AESPO888Recalls & reported problems
Sterilmed, Inc. · SCISSORS INSERT METZENBAUM DISPOSABLE · Class 2
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 0
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10888551004954), received between Nov 2, 2021 and Nov 2, 2021 — classified as 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Tear, Rip or Hole in Device Packaging” (1 report).
2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K073613); they may or may not involve this specific model.
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.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Tear, Rip or Hole in Device Packaging1
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionNov 2, 2021Tear, Rip or Hole in Device Packaging; Tear, Rip or Hole in Device Packaging
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING PRE-OP FOR A PROCEDURE, THE REPROCESSED SCISSORS INSERT METZENBAUM DISPOSABLE PACKAGING CONTAMINATED THE DEVICE AND BECAME UNSTERILE. THE DEVICE NEVER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE PATIENT AND THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE OR INJURY.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12739135 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K073613. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1846-2016 · Apr 26, 2016 · TerminatedReprocessed Microline Scissor Tips intended to be used with a reusable hand piece and designed for minimally invasive and open surgical procedures to facilitate cutting, preparatio
- Z-0570-2009 · Aug 8, 2008 · TerminatedScissor Tips Model #'s: AESPO888 AESPO889 ENCES0102 MIC3112 MIC3122 MIC3142 MIC3152 SNO89-5100 and SNO89-5300 Intended to be used with a resusable hand piece and are designed to
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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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