The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:Severity pendingFDA (Devices)·Z-0158-2027·Announced 2026-10-21

Generic Name: GORE VIABIL Short Wire Biliary Endoprosthesis; Model/Catalog Number: VSWVH0808 and VS

The potential for the devices to be mislabeled with the incorrect length.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Devices): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

Severity not yet assessed

We have not scored this recall against our rubric yet, so we are not showing a severity rating or our usual guidance. The agency’s own notice below is the authoritative source — read it first.

Plain-English summary

The potential for the devices to be mislabeled with the incorrect length.

The recalled product

Product
Generic Name: GORE VIABIL Short Wire Biliary Endoprosthesis; Model/Catalog Number: VSWVH0808 and VSWVN1006 Product Description: The GORE VIABIL Short Wire Biliary Endoprosthesis is a flexible, self-expanding endoprosthesis designed to maintain luminal patency of the common…
Affected units
32

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (20)

  • 1. Model/Catalog Number: VSWVH0808
  • UDI-DI: 00733132638772
  • Lot Serial Numbers: 30907025
  • 30907033
  • 30907034
  • 30907036
  • 30907023
  • 30907024
  • 30907026
  • 30907027
  • 30907028
  • 30907029 (complaint device)
  • 30907030
  • 30907031
  • 30907032 (complaint device)
  • 30907035
  • 30907037
  • 30907038
  • 2. Model/Catalog Number: VSWVN1006
  • UDI-DI: 00733132638864

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

The notice also names 2 states specifically: