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# Ethicon Endo-Surgery Recalls Echelon Vascular Stapler
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/ethicon-endo-surgery-recalls-echelon-vascular-stapler/
- Published: 2025-07-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T15:17:30.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5159571

Ethicon Endo-Surgery is recalling (Class 1 device correction) its Echelon Flex Powered Vascular Stapler to correct the product’s inadvertent lockout during surgical procedures. The device will momentarily activate but will not cut or staple tissue, a [recall notice](https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls/disposable-surgical-stapler-cartridge-correction-ethicon-endo-surgery-llc-issues-correction-endopath?ref=fdaweb.com) says. “Additional steps will be required to open it and remove it from tissue,” it says, adding that using an affected product may cause serious adverse health consequences, including life-threatening hemorrhage, surgical delay, and death. To date, one reported death and one serious injury have been reported.

The notice says the device is designed to prevent patient harm due to an instrument lockout. “During a lockout, the device may briefly activate but will not cut or staple tissue, requiring additional steps to release and remove it safely,” it says. “The knife does not advance far enough to cut, staples remain below the tissue contact surface, and a built-in gap between the anvil and staple cartridge face helps prevent vessel injury during clamping and unclamping.”