Recall of Anspach Black Max Drill System

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Anspach Effort 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
    16846
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-06-18
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Synthes New Zealand Ltd, 507 Mt Wellington Highway, Mt Wellington, Auckland 1060
  • Reason
    Manufacturer identified through internal testing of sterrad 10a sterilisation process that several anspach attachments did not achieve the expected sterility assurance level (sal) of 10-6, and is therefore removing the recommendation to sterilise anspach product with sterrad 100s from product labelling.
  • Action
    Instructions for use to be updated

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Model: IFU: 18-0047 Revisions A & B, 18-0074 Revision A, 18-0105 Revision A, Affected:
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer