Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall LEGION(TM) COCR CONSTRAINED FEMORAL COMPONENT

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 Smith & Nephew, 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.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    69759
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0590-2015
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2014-11-04
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2014-12-12
  • Estado del evento
    Open, Classified
  • País del evento
  • 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
    The stem taper on this device is undersized; the gauge point is not deep enough.
  • Acción
    The firm, Smith & Nephew, Inc., sent an "Urgent-Product Recall 1st Notification-Urgent" letter dated 11/4/ 2014 to its customers via E-mail on 11/4/2014. International distributors were notified on 11/4/2014 by Email. Non-responding consignees will be contacted on 11/25/2014 by original method. The letter described the product, problem, and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to inspect your inventory and locate any unused devices and immediately quarantine; complete and return the Inventory Return Certification Form via fax to: +1-901-566-7975, even if you do not have product to return; contact Smith & Nephew's Safety Affairs Department via email at FieldActions@smith-nephew.com or fax +1-901-566-7975 to obtain return authorization (RA) number; and return affected product to Smith & Nephew, Attn: Global Field Actions, 3303 E Holmes Road, Memphis, TN 38118. If you have any questions, please contact the Group Director, Quality Assurance +1-901-399-1970.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Lot Numbers: 14EM16708, 14EM21988, 14DM22269
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    Yes
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) including states of: MI, MN, MO, OH, PA, IA, and TN; and Internationally to: SWITZERLAND; CANADA, COLOMBIA, GERMANY, Dubai, (UAE), THAILAND; SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA; and SINGAPORE.
  • Descripción del producto
    LEGION(TM) COCR CONSTRAINED FEMORAL COMPONENT, SIZE 5, RIGHT, REF 71426005, QTY 1, Smith & Nephew, knee prosthesis || Usage:orthopedic.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Smith & Nephew, Inc., 1450 E Brooks Rd, Memphis TN 38116-1804
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA