Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Synthes DHS/DCS Impactor

Según New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en New Zealand que fue producido por Synthes GmbH.

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    18229
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2015-03-25
  • País del evento
    New Zealand
  • Fuente del evento
    NZMMDSA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notas / Alertas
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and New Zealand.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Recalling Organisation: Johnson & Johnson (NZ) Limited, 13a Gabador Place, Mt Wellington, AUCKLAND
  • Causa
    The dhs/dcs impactor is composed of two parts: a replaceable plastic tip which is the insert for dhs/dcs impactor (338.260), and a metallic shaft (338.280). no biocompatibility testing has ever been completed by the manufacturer, synthes, for the material (polyamide 6.6 with 20% carbon fibre reinforcement, tecamid 66 cf 20) for the insert and no evidence was found that it has been completed by other entities. potential for harm exists due to the potential for device breakage which may include surgical delay and adverse tissue reaction.
  • Acción
    Product to be exchanged

Device

Synthes DHS/DCS Impactor
  • Modelo / Serial
    Model: 338.28, Affected: All lots below 7985313
  • Manufacturer
    Synthes GmbH

Manufacturer

Synthes GmbH