Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall ConForMIS

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por ConforMIS, Inc..

¿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.

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  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    72108
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0144-2016
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2015-08-31
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2015-10-21
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2016-03-02
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer/metal/polymer - Product Code JWH
  • Causa
    May contain small amounts of ethylene glycol residue.
  • Acción
    ConForMIS issued a Press on August 31, 2015 to the general public The sales force was notified through email. The sales personnel for affected accounts that had upcoming surgeries scheduled were asked to confirm that the affected surgeries were cancelled and that the devices were not used in surgery (Formal notification letters will be distributed to the affected accounts by Tuesday, September 8, 2015. The user required to confirm their understanding of the recall and to return any unused product to ConforMIS. Distribution of the letters conducted in two phases as described below: Phase 1-Surgeons with product for which the surgery has not yet been completed Phase 2-Surgeons for whom product was confirmed to have been consumed/implanted. An updated Surgeon letter dated September 8, 2015 issued includes additional information for devices that have been used in surgery. Contact your local ConforMIS representative or Amita Shah, at 17813459164.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Serial Numbers (US):  0354697, 0353789, 0354533
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    Yes
  • Distribución
    Distributed Nationwide and in Germany, Switzerland, and UK.
  • Descripción del producto
    ConFormis iTotal CR Knee Replacement System- || ITOTAL CR - IPOLY - IMPLANT KIT UNCAPTURED - LEFT || ITOTAL CR - IPOLY - IMPLANT KIT UNCAPTURED - RIGHT || Catalog Number: TCR1111111
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    ConforMIS, Inc., 28 Crosby Dr, Bedford MA 01730-1402
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA