Events

Recall of FMS reference 4114 interfaces used in knee arthroscopy procedures

According to L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), this recall involved a device in France that was produced by Future Medical Systems.

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
  • Date
    2003-10-28
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/rappel-des-cables-d-interface-fms-ref--4114-de-future-medical-systems-utilises-en-arthroscopie
  • Notes / Alerts
    French data is current through early September 2018. All of the data comes from L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), 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 France.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Action
    Future Medical Systems informed Afssaps on 03 October 2003 that it has recalled the FMS reference 4114 interfaces used in knee arthroscopy procedures. The company STRYKER, the only distributor in France of this device sent to the 21 establishments concerned on October 9, 2003 the attached mail (09/10/2003) (1253 ko).

Device

FMS reference 4114 interfaces used in knee arthroscopy procedures

Manufacturer

Future Medical Systems
  • Source
    LAANSM