BEUDAMED
    FDA Recall Terminated

    R3(TM) 28 MM I.D., 60 MM O.D. CONSTRAINED LINER, REF 71339160, QTY: (1), STERILE EO, Product Usage: The R3 Constrained liner Acetabular System is a cemented or uncemented prosthesis intended to replace a hip joint. The Constrained liner is intended for primary or revision patients at high risk for hip dislocation due to a history of prior dislocation, bone loss, soft tissue laxity, neuromuscular disease, or intra-operative instability and for whom all other options to constrained acetabular components have been considered. The R3 Constrained liner is intended for single use only.

    Recall: Z-1738-2015 · Initiated May 6, 2015

    Recall

    Recall Number
    Z-1738-2015
    Event Number
    71330
    Firm
    Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    FEI Number
    1020279
    Product Code
    KWZ
    Status
    Terminated
    Root Cause
    Process change control
    Initiated
    May 6, 2015
    Posted
    June 9, 2015
    Terminated
    April 1, 2022
    Address
    1450 E Brooks Rd, Memphis, TN, 38116-1804

    Description

    R3(TM) 28 MM I.D., 60 MM O.D. CONSTRAINED LINER, REF 71339160, QTY: (1), STERILE EO, Product Usage: The R3 Constrained liner Acetabular System is a cemented or uncemented prosthesis intended to replace a hip joint. The Constrained liner is intended for primary or revision patients at high risk for hip dislocation due to a history of prior dislocation, bone loss, soft tissue laxity, neuromuscular disease, or intra-operative instability and for whom all other options to constrained acetabular components have been considered. The R3 Constrained liner is intended for single use only.

    Reason

    The R3 Constrained outer liner locking groove diameter is 0.030 inches oversized and may not allow the locking ring to engage into the R3 shell.

    Action

    Smith & Nephew sent an Urgent-Product Recall Notification letter dated May 6, 2015. to Sales offices by E-mail and Hospitals via Fed- Ex. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. Customers were asked to quarantine the product and return it. Distributors were asked to notified their customers of the recall and ask them to return the product.

    Distribution

    Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of CA, FL, IL, IN, MI, NE, NY, TN, TX, VA, WI and the countries of Australia, Switzerland, Chile, Canada, and Spain

    Quantity

    40 units