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FDA recall, , Moderate risk

Wilson-Cook Teslatome Bipolar Sphincterotomes

Teslatome Bipolar Sphincterotomes may have a void in material separating wire guide and cutting wire lumens, causing inappropriate current path during cutting.

What happened

Wilson-Cook Medical Inc., of Winston Salem, North Carolina, recalled Teslatome Bipolar Sphincterotomes because the product may contain a void in the material that separates the wire guide and cutting wire lumens, which may cause an inappropriate path of current during cutting.

The devices are used for cannulation of the ductal system and for sphincterotomy, and if preloaded, aid in bridging difficult strictures during ERCP. The recall began December 18, 2025, and the FDA added it to its Enforcement Report on February 13, 2026.

What to do

We don't have product-specific instructions for this recall. FDA's general advice for medical device recalls:

  1. A device recall doesn't always mean you must stop using it: it may need to be checked, adjusted or fixed.
  2. Talk to your health care provider before you stop using it.

Is yours affected?

Match the list below, then check the codes the FDA notice also names.

A UDI-DI is the device identifier printed with the barcode on the device label.

  1. Teslatome Bipolar Sphincterotomes REF: TESLA-B2535-260

    Model
    • G60784
  2. Model Number: G60784

    UDI-DI
    • 00827002607842
  3. Model Number: G60785

    UDI-DI
    • 00827002607859

From the FDA notice

Teslatome Bipolar Sphincterotomes REF: TESLA-B2535-260 Model Number: G60784 UDI-DI code: 00827002607842 REF: TESLA-B2535-450 Model Number: G60785 UDI-DI code: 00827002607859 These devices are used for cannulation of the ductal system and for sphincterotomy.

Recall details

Company began the recall
Sold in

U.S. Distribution to states of: California, Colorado, Indiana, and North Carolina.

Company
Wilson-Cook Medical Inc.Winston Salem, North Carolina
Risk

Moderate risk

Using it may cause short-term health problems, or ones that treatment can reverse. Serious harm is unlikely.

FDA Class II recall · How risk is rated

Event ID
98202
Recall number
Z-1362-2026

All recalls from Wilson-Cook Medical Inc.

Timeline

FDA's Enforcement Report is its public list of recalls; FDA adds a recall when it posts it and publishes the list weekly.

  1. Company began the recall

  2. Added to FDA's Enforcement Report · Classified by FDA

  3. In FDA's weekly enforcement report

  4. Listed on Recall Canary

Summary by Recall Canary, written with AI · summary updated Oct 23, 2026 · primary source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (opens in a new tab)