Class 2 Device Recall Exogen Express Bone Healing System

• Date Initiated by Firm: June 05, 2009
• Date Posted: August 04, 2009
• Recall Status: Terminated on November 18, 2010
• Recall Number: Z-1696-2009
• Recall Event ID: 52228
• PMA Number: P900009
• Product Classification: Exogen Express Bone Healing System - Product Code LPQ
• Product: Exogen Express Bone Healing System, SAFHS, Part Numbers 71034200 and 71034140, Rx only, Smith & Nephew, 1450 Brooks Road, Memphis TX 38116. These are distributed internationally only. The device is used for the non-invasive treatment of established nonunions excluding skull and vertebra.
• Code Information: Part number 71034200 (system), Serial numbers: 0408017701, 0408017702, 0408017703, 0408017704, 0408017705, 0408017706, 0408017707, 0408017708, 0408017709, 0408017710, 0408017711, 0408017712, 0408017713, 0408017714, 0408017715, 0408017716, 0408017717, 0408017718, 0408017719, 0408017720, 0408017721, 0408017722, 0408017723, 0408017724, 0408017725, 0408017726, 0408017727, 0408017728, 0408017729, 0408017730, 0408017731, 0408017732, 0408017733, 0408017734, 0408017735, 0408017736, 0408017737, 0408017738, 0408017739, 0408017740, 0408017741, 0408017742, 0408017743, 0408017744, 0408017745, 0408017746, 0408017747, 0408017748, 0408017749, 0408017750, 0109000456, 0109000457, 0109000458, 0109000459, 0109000461, 0109000485, 0109000495 and 0109000496 and Exogen Express Part number 71034140 (device only), Serial numbers: 0408017129, 0408017132, 0408017133, 0408017138, 0408017147, 0408017155, 0408017157, 0408017158, 0408017161, 0408017162, 0408017168, 0408017171, 0408017175, 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• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Smith & Nephew Inc; 1450 E. Brooks Rd; Memphis TN 38116
• For Additional Information Contact: Victor Rocha; 901-399-6771
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: Problems with transducer may result in a reduced ultrasound output.
• FDA Determined Cause: Other
• Action: All affected Smith & Nephew consignees and distributors were notified of problem and the recall by letters (dated June 5, 2009 and June 8, 2009) via US mail. Patients were directed to return the instruments; physicians were informed that their patients were being contacted; and distributors were requested to return their stock and to notify anyone to whom the product was distributed to also return the product. Direct questions to Smith & Nephew, Inc. by calling at 1-800-836-4080.
• Quantity in Commerce: 891 units
• Distribution: Worldwide Distribution -- US, Switzerland, Canada, Malaysia, Japan, and UK.
• Total Product Life Cycle: TPLC Device Report

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.

• PMA Database: PMAs with Product Code = LPQ