Suture Removal Kit

What Is This Device?

This product code has been established in accordance with the May 20, 1997, guidance entitled, convenience kits interim regulatory guidance, found at http://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/ucm080217.pdf. This type of convenience kit, as listed in the guidance above, is under enforcement discretion, and does not require a premarket notification (510(k)) to market if it meets all criteria in the guidance.

How Is MCZ Classified?

Suture Removal Kit is FDA product code MCZ, Class 1, 21 CFR 878.4800.

How Does It Reach the US Market?

The FDA exercises enforcement discretion for this code and does not currently require a premarket submission for devices that meet the conditions it has set for it.

What Has Gone Wrong With It?

The FDA has recorded 16 recalls under this product code since 2004. None was by a company in China. 2 are Class I, the most serious grade.

The root causes the FDA records most often are Packaging (5), Nonconforming Material/Component (4) and Packaging process control (2). A recall is a fact about one product and its maker, not a grade for every manufacturer of the type.