Events

Recall of DePuy Universal Battery Charger

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Synthes GmbH.

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
    19751
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-02-12
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • 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: Johnson & Johnson (NZ) Limited, 13a Gabador Place, Mt Wellington, AUCKLAND
  • Reason
    The ubc 11 with affected lot numbers has a component which may fail prematurely due to a manufacturing defect. if the component fails the charger's firmware recognizes the malfunction and prevents batteries from being charged. the blue led on the front of the charger will flash to indicate that the device must be sent in for repair, in accordance with the user's manual.
  • Action
    Product to be returned to supplier

Device

DePuy Universal Battery Charger
  • Model / Serial
    Model: 05.001.204, Affected: Lot Nos between 10615 and 12616
  • Manufacturer
    Synthes GmbH

Manufacturer

Synthes GmbH