| Class 2 Device Recall Ossur Elation |  |
Date Initiated by Firm | October 21, 2005 |
Date Posted | January 12, 2006 |
Recall Status1 |
Terminated 3 on March 20, 2007 |
Recall Number | Z-0388-06 |
Recall Event ID |
34013 |
Product Classification |
Component, External, Limb, Ankle/Foot - Product Code ISH
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Product | Elation, Class I Medical Device Prosthetic product, Component, External, Limb, Ankle/Foot Parts Numbers: ELP0023L/R-ELP0026L/R, ELP0023RBR, ELP0024RBR &, ELP0028RBR. |
Code Information |
Serial Numbers: 5927, 5930, 5935, 5936, 5937, 5938, 5939, 5940, 5941, 5942, 5943, 5944, 5945, 5947, 5948, 5949, 5950, 5951, 5954, 5955, 5956, 5959, 5960, 5961, 5962, 5964, 5965, 5970, 5971, 5972, 5973, 5974, 5975, 5977, 5978, 5979, 5980, 6015, 6016, 6020, 6027, 6028, 6031, 6032. |
Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer |
Ossur Grjothals 5 Reykjavik Ireland
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For Additional Information Contact | Johanna Valdimarsdottir 354-515-1300 |
Manufacturer Reason for Recall | After one year devices assembled with a new type of O-rings could exhibit enough wear to allow a gradual oil leak which would increase play in the ankle sub-assembly of the foot. |
FDA Determined Cause 2 | Other |
Action | Telephone communication followed by notification letter mailed to end users (patients) and prosthetics workshops. A pre-paid package to return faulty components to Ossur included with mailed letters. New replacement feet will be shipped to customers. |
Quantity in Commerce | 48 (23 in US) |
Distribution | Nationwide |
Total Product Life Cycle | TPLC Device Report |
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1 A record in this database is created when a firm initiates a correction or removal action. The record is updated if the FDA identifies a violation and classifies the action as a recall, and it is updated for a final time when the recall is terminated. Learn more about medical device recalls. 2 Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall. 3 For details about termination of a recall see Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 §7.55.
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