NA CCS29Recalls & reported problems
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC · Disposable Curved Circular Stapler · Class 2 · Implant
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 20705036014062), received between Jan 15, 2018 and Jan 15, 2018 — classified as 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Failure to Form Staple” (1 report).
13 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K983536); 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
- Failure to Form Staple1
Patient problems
- No Consequences Or Impact To Patient1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionJan 15, 2018Failure to Form Staple
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING THE ENDOSCOPIC LOW RECTAL RESECTION, AFTER FIRED, FOUND ONLY WITH GOOD CUT LINE, BUT THE STAPLES MALFORMED. SUTURE WAS USED TO SEW THE WOUND. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES TO THE PATIENT.
Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient
MAUDE report 7189237 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K983536. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1271-2019 · Apr 11, 2019 · CompletedEndoscopic Curved Intraluminal Stapler, 21 mm diameter, Model ECS21A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permi
- Z-1276-2019 · Apr 11, 2019 · CompletedStraight Intraluminal Staplers, 25 mm diameter, Model SDH25A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper
- Z-1267-2019 · Apr 11, 2019 · CompletedCurved Intraluminal Staplers, 21 mm diameter, Model CDH21A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper m
- Z-1268-2019 · Apr 11, 2019 · CompletedCurved Intraluminal Staplers, 25 mm diameter, Model CDH25A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper m
- Z-1269-2019 · Apr 11, 2019 · CompletedCurved Intraluminal Staplers, 29 mm diameter, Model CDH29A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper m
- Z-1270-2019 · Apr 11, 2019 · CompletedCurved Intraluminal Staplers, 33 mm diameter, Model CDH33A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper m
- Z-1275-2019 · Apr 11, 2019 · CompletedStraight Intraluminal Staplers, 21 mm diameter, Model SDH21A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper
- Z-1272-2019 · Apr 11, 2019 · CompletedEndoscopic Curved Intraluminal Stapler, 25 mm diameter, Model ECS25A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permi
- Z-1273-2019 · Apr 11, 2019 · CompletedEndoscopic Curved Intraluminal Stapler, 29 mm diameter, Model ECS29A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permi
- Z-1277-2019 · Apr 11, 2019 · CompletedStraight Intraluminal Staplers, 29 mm diameter, Model SDH29A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper
- Z-1278-2019 · Apr 11, 2019 · CompletedStraight Intraluminal Staplers, 33 mm diameter, Model SDH33A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permit proper
- Z-1274-2019 · Apr 11, 2019 · CompletedEndoscopic Curved Intraluminal Stapler, 33 mm diameter, Model ECS33A The Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers (ILS) are anastomotic staplers available in four sizes to permi
- Z-0672-2018 · Oct 23, 2017 · TerminatedDisposable Curved Circular Staplers Product Usage: Staplers have application throughout the alimentary tract for end-to-end, end-to-side, and side-to-side anastomoses.
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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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