Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall various polyethylene implants BIO PLUG

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 Zimmer Biomet, 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
    76507
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1858-2017
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2017-02-17
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2017-03-27
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2018-01-29
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=153398
  • 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
    Nail, fixation, bone - Product Code JDS
  • Causa
    Endotoxin levels higher than process maximum limits were discovered in the identified polyethylene components.
  • Acción
    On February 17, 2017 URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL (REMOVAL) - LOT SPECIFIC notifications were sent to the affected consignees via courier. The recall notification included a description of the reason for the recall, affected product, consignee responsibilities, and instructions for responding to the formal recall notification. Distributors, Sales Representatives, and Distributor Operation Managers Your Responsibilities: 1. Review this notification and ensure affected team members are aware of the contents. 2. Immediately locate and quarantine affected product in your inventory. 3. Complete the Certification of Acknowledgement portion of Attachment 1  Inventory Return Certification Form a. Return a digital copy to corporatequality.postmarket@zimmerbiomet.com within three (3) days. 4. Return all affected product from your distributorship and affected hospitals within your territory along with a completed Attachment 1  Inventory Return Certification Form to Zimmer Biomet within 2 weeks. a. Request a Return Authorization Number via email to rgarequest@zimmerbiomet.com or through FAST/SMS. Specify RECALL as the RGA type. b. For each return, send a copy of Attachment 1 to corporatequality.postmarket@zimmerbiomet.com. c. Include a hardcopy of Attachment 1 with your shipment for immediate processing. d. Clearly mark RECALL on the outside of return boxes. 5. Hospitals that received direct shipments of the affected products from Zimmer Biomet will be sent a copy of the Risk Manager Recall Notice directly. Surgeons will also be notified. It is important that you review the list of hospitals and surgeons included with the email notification sent to your facility to identify additional accounts Zimmer Biomet has not notified. Using the Additional Accounts Form provided with the email notice, return contact information for any additional hospitals and surgeons that may have received or used the affected product. If there are no additional

Device

Device Recall various polyethylene implants BIO PLUG
  • Modelo / Serial
    Item 163005 Lot 309030
  • Clasificación del producto
    Orthopedic Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    Yes
  • Distribución
    Worldwide - US Nationwide in the ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA CANADA CHILE CHINA COSTA RICA ECUADOR GSCC INDIA ITALY JAPAN KOREA, THE REP OF (SOUTH) MALAYSIA MEXICO PANAMA Singapore SWITZERLAND THAILAND UK
  • Descripción del producto
    various polyethylene implants || BIO PLUG 10MM || Product Usage: || Non-weight bearing accessory. Sterile, optional speciality components that are non-bioabsorbable, implantable devices designed to be inserted into the medullary canal of a bone during orhtopedic surgery to prevent cement progression in the diaphysis and, therefore, facilitate cement pressurization during the introduction of an implant.
  • Manufacturer
    Zimmer Biomet, Inc.

Manufacturer

Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Zimmer Biomet, Inc., 56 E Bell Dr, Warsaw IN 46582-6989
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
    Zimmer Biomet Holdings
  • Comentario del fabricante
    “The safety of patients has always been, and continues to be, Zimmer Biomet’s top priority and it is our honor to be a leader in this industry for the past 90 years,” Zimmer Biomet told ICIJ in a statement. “We adhere to strict regulatory standards, and work closely with the FDA and all applicable regulatory agencies in each of our regions as part of our commitment to operating a first-rate quality management system across our global manufacturing network. The company added that it is focused on staying at the forefront of innovation and doing right by the millions of patients who rely on the company’s products.
  • Source
    USFDA