Signal · Regulation & Trade
Perma-Sharp Sutures
What the source reported
Source-reportedPerma-sharp sutures are manufactured for Hu-Friedy by 2 manufacturers. 1. Surgical Specialties Corporation has cleared for the U.S. market & 2. Camark SA are authorized for the European Union, United Kingdom, Switzerland, & Israel. Products have same commercial item number regardless of manufacturer. Henry Schein Inc. has determined that Perma-sharp sutures manufactured for Hu-Friedy by Camark SA were incorrectly distributed in the United States, Canada, Cayman Islands and Uganda.
- Publication
- Health Canada - Medical Device Alerts and Recalls (RSS) · Government/Regulator
- Published
- 7th October 2026
- Original report
- recalls-rappels.canada.ca
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Regulation & Trade
- Geography
- Canada
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 7th October 2026 · 19:40
Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.
A provisional, automatically computed reading of this individual Signal, before Event extraction or human review. Not a final rating.
Initial Significance Moderate (21.0/100). Strongest contributor: Geographic Breadth (10.0/10 points). Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.
- Strongest contributor
- Geographic Breadth
- Limiting factor
- Impact-Scale Specificity