Date Initiated by Firm | September 19, 2006 |
Date Posted | December 11, 2007 |
Recall Status1 |
Terminated 3 on January 18, 2008 |
Recall Number | Z-0448-2008 |
Recall Event ID |
45540 |
Product Classification |
MIS AP Sizer Body - Product Code JWH
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Product | Triathlon MIS AP Sizer Body - Left and Right; Catalog Number: 6541-5-508- left; Catalog Number: 6541-5-509 - right, Stryker Orthopaedics, Mahwah, New Jersey |
Code Information |
Catalog Number: 6541-5-508- left; Catalog Number: 6541-5-509 - right; All lot codes |
Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer |
Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp. 325 Corporate Dr Mahwah NJ 07430-2002
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For Additional Information Contact | 201-831-5000 |
Manufacturer Reason for Recall | Assembly problems: MIS instruments (Triathlon MIS AP Sizer Body - Left; Triathlon MIS Sizer Body - Right; Triathlon MIS Femoral Adjustment Block and Triathlon MIS Modular Capture) may not assemble properly. |
FDA Determined Cause 2 | Device Design |
Action | Important Product Correction letters and Product Accountability Forms were sent via Federal Express on 9/19/06 with return receipt. Foreign locations were notified by a Advisory Notice. Notification letters requested that all inventory of the affected items be examined to verify that it assemble correctly. Any product that does not assemble correctly was to be returned to Stryker, Mahwah, NJ. The Product Accountability form was to be completed by each location to notify Stryker that the letter ahd been received and inventory examined. Stryker representatives were to be contacted for product replacement. |
Quantity in Commerce | 2,868 units total for Recalls Z-0448-0450-2008 |
Distribution | Worldwide: USA including states of MI and IL. and countries of Australia, China, New Zealand, Singapore, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and UK. |
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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