CLASS II Device recall · Reported 30 Oct 2019 · FDA Enforcement Report
Gripper Needles sold as part of Port-a-cath II Single Lumen System recalled
Smiths Medical ASD is recalling Gripper Needles sold as part of Port-a-cath II Single Lumen System, distributed nationwide in the US. The recall was initiated on 8 Jul 2019 and the FDA has classified it as Class II.
Check your package
Stop using the device if the notice says to, and contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider for the correction or replacement.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-0190-2020
- FDA event ID
- 83286
- Recalling firm
- Smiths Medical ASD, Minneapolis, MN
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall initiated
- 8 Jul 2019
- FDA classified
- 23 Oct 2019
- Reported
- 30 Oct 2019
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Customers notified by
- Reason category
- Foreign Material
- Device type
- Syringes & Needles
Timeline
| 8 Jul 2019 | Recall initiated by company | |
| 23 Oct 2019 | Classified by FDA | +107 days |
| 30 Oct 2019 | Published in enforcement report | +7 days |
Companies usually start a recall weeks before the FDA classifies and publishes it; the gap above is that lag.
Reason for recall
Potential for certain GRIPPER Needles to contain an occluded or blocked needle.
Foreign material recalls cover pieces of metal, plastic, glass, wood or other objects that got into the product during processing and could cause injury if eaten.
Product as listed by the FDA
GRIPPER Needles sold as part of PORT-A-CATH II SINGLE LUMEN SYSTEM. Labeled as the following item descriptions: 1. TRAY, PAC, VEN, TI, PU, 1.9MM, UL, 6FR/INTRO 1/EA; 2. TRAY, PAC, VEN LP, TI, PU, 1.9MM, UL, 6 FR/INTRO 1/EA; 3. TRAY, PAC II, VEN, 2.8MM, CS, 9FR/INTRO 1/EA; 4. TRAY, PAC II, VEN, TI, PU, 1.9MM, UL, 6FR/INTRO 1/EA; 5. TRAY, PAC II, VEN, PU, 2.6MM, UL, 8.5FR/INTRO 1/EA; 6. TRAY, PAC II, VEN, PU, 2.6MM, PRE-AY, 8.5FR/INTRO 1/EA; 7. TRAY, PAC II, VEN LP, PU, 2.6MM, UL, 8.5FR/INTRO, VALVED 1/EA; 8. TRAY, PAC II, VEN LP, PU, 1.9MM, UL, 6FR/INTRO, VALVED 1/EA; 9. TRAY, PAC II, VEN LP, PU, 2.6MM, UL, 8.5FR/INTRO 1/EA; 10. TRAY, PAC II, VEN LP, PU, 2.6MM, PRE-AY, 8.5 FR/INTRO 1/EA; 11. TRAY, PAC II, VEN LP, PU, 1.9MM, UL, 6FR/INTRO 1/EA; 12. TRAY, PROPORT, PLASTIC, 2PC, STD, SGL LMN, 1.0, PU 1/EA; 13. TRAY, PROPORT, PLASTIC, 2PC, STD, SGL LMN, 1.6, PU 1/EA; 14. TRAY, PROPORT, PLASTIC, 2PC, LP, SGL LMN, 1.6, PU 1/EA; 15. TRAY, PROPORT, PLASTIC, 2PC, LP, SGL LMN, 1.0, PU 1/EA; 16. TRAY, PROPORT, PLASTIC, 2PC, LP, SGL LMN, 1.0, SIL 1/EA; 17. TRAY, POWER PAC, VEN, TI, PU, 2.6MM, UL, 8.5 FR/INTRO 1/EA; 18. TRAY, POWER PAC, VEN, TI, PU, 1.9MM, UL, 6 FR/INTRO 1/EA; 19. TRAY, POWER PAC, VEN LP, TI, PU, 1.9MM, UL, 6 FR/INTRO 1/EA; 20. TRAY, POWER PAC II, VEN, TI, PU, 1.9MM, UL, 6 FR/INTRO 1/EA; 21. TRAY, POWER PAC II, VEN, PU, 2.6MM, UL 8.5 FR/INTRO 1/EA; 22. TRAY, POWER PAC II, VEN, PU, 2.6MM, PRE-AY, 8.5 FR/INTRO 1/EA; 23. TRAY, POWER PAC II, VEN LP, PU, 2.6MM, UL 8.5 FR/INTRO 1/EA; 24. TRAY, POWER PAC II, VEN, PU, 2.6MM, UL 8.5 FR/INTRO, VALVED 1/EA; 25. TRAY, POWER PAC II, VEN LP, PU, 2.6MM, UL 8.5 FR/INTRO, VALVED 1/EA; 26. TRAY, POWER PAC II, VEN, PU, 1.9MM, UL, 6 FR/INTRO, VALVED 1/EA; 27. TRAY, POWER PAC II, VEN, LP, PU, 1.9MM, UL, 6 FR/INTRO, VALVED 1/EA; 28. TRAY, POWER PAC II, VEN LP, PU, 1.9MM, UL, 6 FR/INTRO 1/EA; 29. TRAY, POWER PAC II, VEN LP, PU, 1.9MM, PRE-AY, 6 FR/INTRO 1/EA; 30. TRAY, POWER PAC, PASPORT T2, PU, 1.9MM, UL, 6 FR/INTRO 1/EA; 31. TRAY, PAC II, DL, LP, PU, 2.2MM, WING-LOCK, 7FR/INTRO 1/EA; 32. TRAY, POWER PAC II, DL, LP, PU, 2.2MM, WING-LOCK, 7FR, INTRO 1/EA; 33. TRAY, POWERPAC II, DL, LP, PU, 3.2MM, WING-LOCK, 10 FR/INTRO 1/EA; 34. TRAY, POWER PAC II, DL, LP, PU, 3.2MM, WING-LOCK, 10 FR/INTRO, VALVED 1/EA;
Where it was distributed
Nationwide distribution to AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, PR. International distribution
Nationwide AlaskaAlabamaArkansasArizonaCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDistrict of ColumbiaDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIowaIdahoIllinoisIndianaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMassachusetts
Questions about this recall
Why was it recalled?
Potential for certain GRIPPER Needles to contain an occluded or blocked needle.
Which lots are affected?
1. Item Number 21-4025-24, Lot Numbers 3674105, 3694006, 3712500, 3736641, 3748406, 3756975; 2. Item Number 21-4037-24, Lot Numbers 3659767, 3674101, 3690401, 3694005, 3703706, 3709205, 3731036, 3765362; 3. Item Number 21-4051-24, Lot Number: 3624979; 4. Item Number 21-4053-24, Lot Number 3659766, 3662933, 3731032; 5. Item Number 21-4055-24, Lot Numbers: 3683539, 3690396, 3690397, 3703705, 3709204, 3712498, 3717709, 3736577, 3748401, 3756973, 3765356, 3765357, 3765358, 3765360; 6. Item Number 21-4065-24, Lot Number: 3668869; 7. Item Number 21-4068-24, Lot Number: 3749691; 8. Item Number 21-4069-24, Lot Number: 3765354; 9. Item Number 21-4071-24, Lot Numbers: 3618196, 3740043; 10. Item Number 21-4073-24, Lot Numbers: 3687796, 3690395, 3731024, 3736575; 11. Item Number 21-4083-24, Lot Numbers: 3662930, 3662931, 3662932, 3756971, 3765346, 3765348; 12. Item Number 21-4153-24, Lot Numbers: 3628064, 3674098; 13. Item Number 21-4155-24, Lot Numbers: 3659764, 3674097, 3687795, 3717706, 3736572, 3776589; 14. Item Number 21-4171-24, Lot Numbers: 3696520, 3709202, 3772784; 15. Item Number 21-4183-24, Lot Numbers: 3731023, 3736569, 3756970; 16. Item Number 21-4187-24, Lot Numbers: 3756969, 3772751; 17. Item Number 21-4423-24, Lot Numbers: 3659762, 3662929, 3666142, 3756968, 3765344; 18. Item Number 21-4425-24, Lot Numbers: 3696519, 3717705, 3736566; 19. Item Number 21-4437-24, Lot Numbers: 3655263, 3666141, 3683517, 3694001, 3724970, 3730962, 3748385, 3748386, 3756965; 20. Item Number 21-4453-24, Lot Numbers: 3659761, 3662927, 3712497, 3730960, 3736565, 3748382, 3749695, 3765338; 21. Item Number 21-4455-24, Lot Numbers: 3643998, 3662926, 3666139, 3671489, 3674096, 3687793, 3690392, 3696517, 3703702, 3706172, 3712495, 3730957, 3736563, 3740039, 3748380, 3756963, 3772703; 22. Item Number 21-4465-24, Lot Numbers: 3655261, 3693997, 3736554; 23. Item Number 21-4471-24, Lot Numbers: 3703701, 3717695, 3717696, 3730951, 3730952, 3756958; 24. Item Number 21-4474-24, Lot Numbers: 3666137, 3765332; 25. Item Number 21-4475-24, Lot Numbers: 3655257, 3666126, 3709201, 3717694, 3736553, 3740036, 3756957, 3765329, 3765330; 26. Item Number 21-4476-24, Lot Numbers: 3655256, 3659759; 27. Item Number 21-4477-24, Lot Numbers: 3655255, 3674095, 3687791, 3690388, 3703700, 3706171, 3709200, 3719958, 3730948, 3740035, 3748373, 3756954; 28. Item Number 21-4483-24, Lot Numbers: 3655254, 3669980, 3679144, 3690385, 3690386, 3696515, 3703678, 3706170, 3730946, 3736551, 3740034, 3749697, 3756952; 29. Item Number 21-4485-24, Lot Numbers: 3679481, 3683507; 30. Item Number 21-4873-24, Lot Numbers: 3655242, 3659737, 3693996, 3706169, 3730945, 3748364, 3756946; 31. Item Number 21-8066-24, Lot Number: 3756945; 32. Item Number 21-8466-24, Lot Numbers: 3662921 ,3730943, 3756938; 33. Item Number 21-8468-24, Lot Numbers: 3659735, 3666104, 3765319; 34. Item Number 21-8470-24, Lot Numbers: 3655234, 3666103, 3696513, 3730942
Where was it sold?
Nationwide distribution to AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, PR. International distribution
What should I do if I have it?
Stop using the device if the notice says to, and contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider for the correction or replacement.
What does Class II mean?
Class II means the product may cause temporary or medically reversible health problems, or the probability of serious harm is remote.
Read the official FDA notice · Source record retrieved 26 Sep 2026. The FDA describes openFDA data as unvalidated; the official notice takes precedence. This page reports the record and gives no medical advice.
Other products in this recall event
1 other product · FDA event 83286This product is part of a recall event; the main page for the event is Gripper Needles sold individually recalled by Smiths Medical ASD.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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