Events

Recall of S&N Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) Acetabular Cup

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ltd.

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
    18656
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-07-14
  • 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: Smith & Nephew Surgical Ltd, Unit A 36 Hillside road, Wairau Valley, AUCKLAND 0760
  • Reason
    Following changes made to the instructions for use relating to clinical performance of these implants, bhr femoral head components sized 46mm in diameter and smaller, and their corresponding acetabular cup sizes, are no longer to be used and unimplanted devices are to be returned to smith & nephew., s&n birmingham hip resurfacing (bhr) system is a metal-on-metal (mom) hip joint replacement prosthesis.
  • Action
    Manufacturer to issue advice regarding use

Device

S&N Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) Acetabular Cup
  • Model / Serial
    Model: 74120144, 74120146, 74122146, 74122148, 74120148, 74120150, 74122050, 74122152, 74120152, 74120154, 74122154, 74122156, 74120156, 74120158, 74122158, 74122160, 74120160, 74120162, 74122162, 74122164, 74120164, 74120166, 74122166, 74122168, Affected:
  • Manufacturer
    Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ltd

Manufacturer

Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ltd