Events

Recall of CONTENDER POST-OP KNEE BRACE

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by C. TURNER MEDICAL LTD..

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
    51937
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-12-30
  • 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
    Corflex was informed from a component supplier that they have identified an out of spec part that was shipped to corflex and may have been used in the manufacturing of the contender post-op knee brace. product defect was not obvious to the eye it was in the drop lock feature which is not commonly used by c. turner medical's facilities.

Device

CONTENDER POST-OP KNEE BRACE
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 75-7500-231 (Lot serial: all units); Model Catalog: 75-7500-011 (Lot serial: all units); Model Catalog: 75-7500-038 (Lot serial: all units); Model Catalog: 75-7550-000 (Lot serial: all units); Model Catalog: 75-7500-000 (Lot serial: all units); Model Catalog: 75-7500-087 (Lot serial: all units); Model Catalog: 75-7500-075 (Lot serial: all units)
  • Product Description
    CONTENDER POST-OP KNEE BRACE
  • Manufacturer
    C. TURNER MEDICAL LTD.

Manufacturer

C. TURNER MEDICAL LTD.
  • Manufacturer Address
    MILTON
  • Source
    HC