Ethicon, Inc.: Medical Device Recall in 2015 - (Recall #: Z-1839-2015)

Updated on March 25, 2026.

See the recall detail below. You can also see other recalls from the same firm in 2015.

Data Source: FDA.

Product Description:

Ethicon Fast Absorbing Plain Gut - MultiPass Needles, Sterile, Absorbable Surgical Suture, 5-0 (1.5 metric), 18" (45 cm), Conventional Cutting, Lot #JD6163, Exp: July 2019. Fast absorbing surgical gut suture is a strand of collagenous material prepared from the submucosal layers of the small intestine of healthy sheep, or from the serosal layers of the small intestine of healthy cattle. Fast absorbing surgical gut sutures are sterile and elecit only a slight to minimal tissue reaction during absorption.

Product Classification:

Class II

Date Initiated: May 8, 2015

Date Posted: July 1, 2015

Recall Number: Z-1839-2015

Event ID: 71373

Reason for Recall:

Ethicon Fast Absorbing Surgical Gut (Plain) Suture is being recalled because the labeling on the box and foil are incomplete.

Status: Terminated

Product Quantity: 1,922 units

Code Information:

Product Code: 1915G (box label); 1915 (Tyvek/Foil label) Product Lot #'s JC6395, JC6417, JCK328, JCK329, JCK384, JCK716, JCM669, JCM757, JCZ987, JC5020, JC6710, JCM535, JCK330, JCK460, JCM668, JC5629 and JCM475.

Distribution Pattern:

Worldwide Distribution -- US (nationwide) and Canada.

Voluntary or Mandated:

Voluntary: Firm initiated