Events

Recall of GENESIS II KNEE SYSTEM - NON-POROUS POSTERIOR STABILIZED FEMORAL COMPONENT

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
    16026
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2006-03-10
  • 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
    Mispackaging of two products. the outer box indicates one product( genesis ii cruciate) but contains the other one (profix posterior # 71522260 lot:05dm07266.).

Device

GENESIS II KNEE SYSTEM - NON-POROUS POSTERIOR STABILIZED FEMORAL COMPONENT
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 71420102 (Lot serial: 05DM10763)
  • Product Description
    GENESIS II CRUCIATE RET.NONPOROUS FEMOR
  • Manufacturer
    SMITH & NEPHEW INC.

Manufacturer

SMITH & NEPHEW INC.