Events

Recall of COBALT CHROME FEMORAL HEAD

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by SMITH & NEPHEW INC..

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    132170
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-05-17
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Smith & nephew has initiated a field correction of a single product code and lot number of the cocr femoral heads due to a content error. a package labelled as catalogue number 71302804 (28mm +4mm offset) actually contained catalogue number 71303200 (32mm +0mm offset).

Device

COBALT CHROME FEMORAL HEAD
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 71302804 (Lot serial: 17AM12140)
  • Product Description
    COBALT CHROME FEMORAL HEAD
  • Manufacturer
    SMITH & NEPHEW INC.

Manufacturer

SMITH & NEPHEW INC.