Events

Recall of Stryker Medical - Performance Load

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

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
    22766
  • Event Initiated Date
    2018-04-03
  • 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
    After installation of the power-load, the floor plate attachment brackets (pn: 6390-101-108) which allow the power-load anchor to be secured to the power-load floor plate may be found to be broken after removing the anchor. all power-load units manufactured from january 1, 2016 to december 31, 2016, may potentially exhibit this issue.
  • Action
    Manufacturer to issue advice regarding use

Device

Stryker Medical - Performance Load
  • Model / Serial
    Model: , Affected: All serial numbers beginning with 16 are within scope of this action e.g. 160139706
  • Manufacturer
    Stryker Medical

Manufacturer

Stryker Medical
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Stryker
  • Source
    NZMMDSA