FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

SPHERICAL HEAD REFLECTION(R) 6.5 MM CANCELLOUS SCREW, REF 71332525, QTY: (1), STERILE R, smith&nephew Total hip components are indicated for individuals undergoing primary or revision surgery where other treatments or devices have failed in rehabilitating hips damaged as a result of trauma or noninflammatory degenerative joint disease (NIDJD) or any of its composite diagnoses of osteoarthritis, avascular necrosis, traumatic arthritis, slipped capital epiphysis, fused hip, fracture of the pelvis, and diastrophic variant; congenital dysplasia; old, remote osteomyelitis with an extended drainage-free period, nonunion, femoral neck fracture and trochanteric fractures of the proximal femur with head involvement that are unmanageable using other techniques; femoral osteotomy, or Girdlestone resection; fracture-dislocation of the hip; and correction of deformity.

Recall: Z-2297-2016 · Reported August 3, 2016

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-2297-2016
Event ID
74617
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
August 3, 2016
Initiation Date
July 6, 2016
Classification Date
July 28, 2016
Termination Date
July 1, 2017
Address
1450 E Brooks Rd, N/A, Memphis, TN, 38116-1804, United States

Description

SPHERICAL HEAD REFLECTION(R) 6.5 MM CANCELLOUS SCREW, REF 71332525, QTY: (1), STERILE R, smith&nephew Total hip components are indicated for individuals undergoing primary or revision surgery where other treatments or devices have failed in rehabilitating hips damaged as a result of trauma or noninflammatory degenerative joint disease (NIDJD) or any of its composite diagnoses of osteoarthritis, avascular necrosis, traumatic arthritis, slipped capital epiphysis, fused hip, fracture of the pelvis, and diastrophic variant; congenital dysplasia; old, remote osteomyelitis with an extended drainage-free period, nonunion, femoral neck fracture and trochanteric fractures of the proximal femur with head involvement that are unmanageable using other techniques; femoral osteotomy, or Girdlestone resection; fracture-dislocation of the hip; and correction of deformity.

Reason

The labels correctly state that the product should be a 25mm screw, but the box contained a longer, 35mm screw.

Code Info

Lot Number 16AM14274

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) and Internationally to AU, CA, GB, IN, ZA, and TR

Quantity

185 units