TemporaryFDAOngoing
Can cause harm that is usually temporary.
GORE VIABIL Short Wire Biliary Endoprosthesis, Model No. VSWVN1010. Flexible, self-expanding endoprosthesis designed to maintain luminal patency of the common bile duct which may be obstructed.
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Incorrect Catalogue Number/UDI: VSWVN1010 / 00733132638888, VSWVN1010 / 00733132638888, VSWVN1010 / 00733132638888, VSWVN1010 / 00733132638888, VSWVN1010 / 00733132638888, VSWVN1010 / 00733132638888, VSWVN1010 / 00733132638888, VSWVN1010 / 00733132638888, VSWVN1010 / 00733132638888, VSWVN1010 / 00733132638888, VSWVN1010 / 00733132638888, VSWVN1010 / 00733132638888, VSWVN1010 / 00733132638888; Lot Serial No. 30965053, 30965054, 30965055, 30965056, 30965057, 30965058, 30965059, 30965060, 30965061, 30965062, 30965063, 30965064, 30965065.
- Why
- 10 mm diameter x 7 cm with transmural drainage holes (VSWVH1006) incorrectly labeled as 10 mm diameter x 10 cm length devices without transmural drainage holes (VSWVN1010).
- Distributed
- U.S. Nationwide distribution in the states of GA and RI.
- Company
- W L Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Announced
- This is the date the recall was announced. A company may have started it weeks earlier.
- Recall began
Source: FDA record Z-2914-2026 · retrieved 7 August 2026
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