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Recall of Mako - IIa - 38723 - RIO

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

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
    22545
  • Event Initiated Date
    2018-01-31
  • 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: Stryker New Zealand Ltd, 515 Mt Wellington Highway, Mt Wellington, AUCKLAND 1060
  • Reason
    The manufacturer has discovered that certain ethernet to fibre optic converters did not pass testing due to a rio connection error. a rio connection error will occur when communication is lost between the rio and the guidance module.
  • Action
    Software to be upgraded

Device

Mako - IIa - 38723 - RIO
  • Model / Serial
    Model: , Affected: ETHERNET CAT5-FIBRE CONVERTER All Lots
  • Manufacturer
    Mako Surgical Corp

Manufacturer

Mako Surgical Corp
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Stryker
  • Source
    NZMMDSA