Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de VersaFx Femoral Fixation System

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.

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  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    66500
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1006-2014
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2013-10-11
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2014-02-20
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2017-04-14
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=124603
  • 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
    Appliance, fixation, nail/blade/plate combination, multiple component - Product Code KTT
  • Causa
    Zimmer recently conducted a review of all historic packaging validations at its zimmer manufacturing b.V. (zmbv) facility in ponce, puerto rico. based on this review, it was determined that the packaging operations conducted in the building 1 packaging operation at this facility were not properly validated. as a result, zimmer conducted seal integrity testing to evaluate if previously packaged product from this facility met the established requirements for sterile barrier integrity. the acceptance criteria established for this testing was 99% reliability with a 90% confidence interval. these packaging tray configurations met the acceptance criteria for sterile barrier integrity of both the inner and outer trays, however, zimmer has decided to recall all manufacturing lots that have not expired and that were sterile packaged in the zmbv facility building 1 packaging operations.
  • Acción
    Distributors received a letter identifying the issue and their responsibilities dated November 4, 2013. These responsibilities include quarantining the affected fielded inventory in their possession, providing hospital risk managers with the recall notification letter and retrieving affected fielded inventory and direct sales from the hospitals.

Device

VersaFx Femoral Fixation System
  • Modelo / Serial
    60053473 60528659 60807849 60855076 365855 60807850 60855077 365856 60143351 60384033 60403721 60452546 60543211 60632720 60807851 368913 369123 60219007 60740783 60993433 365857 369559 371074 60539739 60807852 365859 60098398 60119108 60241936 60625494 60082810 60625506 365860 365861 60222477 60109715 60187232 366023 60161891 60116180 60175536 365749 60082811 60109716 60123966 60175537 60231394 60097992 60119110 60123967 60143352 60154511 60165702 60175538 60231395 365740 366424 60109717 60112053 60112054 60116181 60116182 60119111 60119112 60129316 60129317 60154512 60154513 60165703 60175539 60187233 60187234 60206858 60206859 60241934 60161892 365739 60109718 365738 60123968 366024 366025 60136407 365752 365751 60123969 60154514 60082812 60109719 365753 365743 60163222
  • Clasificación del producto
    Orthopedic Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    Yes
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) and the countries of Belgium, Canada, Canary Islands, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxemburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal Reunion, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Taiwan, Thailand, and United Kingdom.
  • Descripción del producto
    VERSA-FX KEYLESS 90D X 8 and X 11, VERSA-FX KEYLESS 95D X 8, X 11, and X 14, VERSA-FX KEYLESS 140D X 4 and X 5, VERSA-FX KEYLESS 135D X 4 and X 5, VERSA-FX SHORT TUBE, 130D, 135D and 140D, VERSA-FX STANDARD TUBE, 1 and VERSA-FX SPRCNDLR TUBE, 9 || Item codes starting with 001980, 001981, 0011990 and 0011991
  • Manufacturer
    Zimmer, Inc.

Manufacturer

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