ConMed AirSeal 8mm 120mm optical obturator ports may trigger overpressure alerts
ConMed AirSeal 8 mm Access Ports with Low Profile Bladeless Optical Tip Obturators, 120 mm length, are being recalled because of the potential for overpressure alerts.
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
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: FDA Class II recall for a malfunction arising during laparoscopic use, a risk of harm with no injuries reported in the source.
Plain-English summary
The ConMed AirSeal 8 mm Access Port and Low Profile Obturator with Bladeless Optical Tip, 120 mm length, catalog number iAS8-120LP, six units per pack, is being recalled. The product is a disposable endoscopic trocar and cannula used with a carbon dioxide insufflator for laparoscopy. The action covers 55,694 packs, totalling 344,166 units.
The stated reason is the potential for overpressure alerts. The FDA classified the action as Class II.
Affected product is UDI-DI 10845854045657, spanning the lot numbers listed in the recall notice including 202503274 and 202503314. Distribution was nationwide in the United States and internationally to Australia, Austria, Belgium and other markets.
Facilities should identify affected stock using the catalog number, UDI-DI and lot numbers in the recall notice, quarantine it, and follow the instructions issued by ConMed.
The recalled product
- Product
- ConMed AirSeal 8mm Access Port and Low Profile Obturator with Bladeless Optical Tip, 120mm Length. Catalog Number: iAS8-120LP. 6 units per pack. Disposable Endoscopic Trocar and Cannula; Carbon Dioxide Insufflator for Laparoscopy.
- Manufacturer
- ConMed Corporation
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)
- Catalog Number: iAS8-120LP. UDI-DI: 10845854045657. Lot Numbers: 202503274
- 202503314
- 202504254
- 2025100710
- 2025092210
- 2025100810
- 2025092610
- 202510164
- 202511204
- 2025102410
- 2025111210
- 202506124
- 202506136
- 202506164
- 202507234
- 202507104
- 202507114
- 202509054
- 202407054
- 202410245
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 11 recalled by ConMed Corporation under a single FDA (Devices) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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