FDA Recall Terminated

Offset Wire Fixation Bolt, catalog number 8180-50-006. The bolts are used with the DePuy Ace-Fischer External Fixation System and are packaged in a flexible polyethylene bag.

Recall: Z-0508-2012 · Initiated November 8, 2011

Recall

Recall Number
Z-0508-2012
Event Number
60325
Firm
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
FEI Number
1818910
Product Code
HXK
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Component change control
Initiated
November 8, 2011
Posted
January 11, 2012
Terminated
March 7, 2013
Address
700 Orthopaedic Dr, Warsaw, IN, 46582-3994

Description

Offset Wire Fixation Bolt, catalog number 8180-50-006. The bolts are used with the DePuy Ace-Fischer External Fixation System and are packaged in a flexible polyethylene bag.

Reason

DePuy has received three complaints concerning oversized bolt threads in the Offset Wire Fixation Bolts used in the Ace- Fischer External Fixation System. This could lead to the inability to properly thread the nut onto the bolt.

Action

On 11/9/2011 DePuy sent "Medical Device Recall Notice" letters to Distributors and to direct account hospitals. Recall notices included instructions to cease use or distribution of recalled products and to return them to DePuy in Warsaw, IN via distributors and sales representatives. The product is going to be discontinued and no reconditioning or reworking for the product is planned. For questions about recall information provided, please contact Katie Seppa, Manager of Customer Quality, 574-372-7333 (M-F; 8 am - pm EST.)

Distribution

Nationwide Distribution

Quantity

890