Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Zimmer Alumina Ceramic Femoral Head

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 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
    48712
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0302-2009
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2008-06-11
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2008-11-21
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2009-11-10
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=72464
  • 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
    hip metal/ceramic/polymer semi-constrained cemented or non-porous uncemented prosthesis - Product Code LZO
  • Causa
    When used with cobalt/chromium hip stems, the average test values for ceramic head bursting falls below the guidance document limits if the taper is made by casting instead of by forging.
  • Acción
    The firm issued Product Compatibility Update # 13, dated 6/11/08, to consignees informing them which products are not compatible, and thus should not be used in combination.

Device

Device Recall Zimmer Alumina Ceramic Femoral Head
  • Modelo / Serial
    All lots.
  • Clasificación del producto
    Orthopedic Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    Yes
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution --- including USA and countries of Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dubai, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine.
  • Descripción del producto
    Zimmer Alumina Ceramic Femoral Head, 12/14 taper, 32 mm diameter, neck length +3.5 mm, sterile, Zimmer, Warsaw, IN; REF 00-6418-032-03 and 00-6428-032-03. || The Alumina Ceramic Femoral Heads are modular components used in total hip arthroplasty and indicated for patients suffering from severe hip pain and disability due to rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, traumatic arthritis, polyarthritis, collagen disorders, avascular necrosis of the femoral head, and nonunion of previous fractures of the femur; patients with congenital hip dysplasia, protrusio acetabuli, or slipped capital femoral epiphysis; patients suffering from disability due to previous fusion; patients with previously failed endoprostheses and/or total hip components in the operative extremity; and patients with acute neck fractures.
  • Manufacturer
    Zimmer Inc.

Manufacturer

Zimmer Inc.
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Zimmer Inc., 345 E Main St, Warsaw IN 46580-2746
  • Source
    USFDA