Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall External Compression Device

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 Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp..

¿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
    56800
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0330-2011
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2010-08-30
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2010-11-09
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2012-08-21
  • 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
    Rod, fixation, intramedullary and accessories - Product Code HSB
  • Causa
    Variations in the outer diameter of the shaft of the external compression device and the inner diameter of the nail holding screw may make assembly of these 2 instruments not possible.
  • Acción
    Stryker sent Recall notification letters by Federal Express on September 9, 2010 to all Stryker branches/agencies and Risk Managers, Chief of Orthopaedics of affected hospitals and Surgeons on September 10, 2010, that used the product. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action that customers should take. Customers were instructed to: Examine their inventory and hospital locations to identify the affected product and return it to their branch or agency warehouse for reconciliation. Reconcile all product on the attached Product Recall Acknowledgment Form and fax a copy to (201) 831-6069 within 5 days of receipt of notice. A Stryker representative would contact the customer with details for return of the product. For any questions regarding this recall call (201) 972-2100.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Catalog Number: 1806-1601; Lot code: K228113
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    Yes
  • Distribución
    Nationwide Distribution including AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, KY, MD, OH, OK, and TX
  • Descripción del producto
    External Compression Device; 1 unit per package || Stryker Trauma GmbH; || Distributed by Howmedica Osteonics Corp., 325 Corporate Drive, Mahwah, NJ 07430 || Active Apposition/compression is achieved by threading the External Compression Device into the Nail holding Screw. While being threaded into the Nail Holding Screw the tip of the External Compression Device will contact the (shaft screw(cross screw) and will push the screw in distal direction. As the cross screw is screwed into the bone of the patient, the bone fragment will be moved too is distal direction. Finally both sides of the bone fracture will be pressed together - compression is now applied to the fracture side.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp., 325 Corporate Drive, Mahwah NJ 07430
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA