Events

Recall of Stryker Vitallium Femoral Heads with PCA taper, LFIT V40 taper or V40 taper

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

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
    19220
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-10-06
  • 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
    Stryker has received four customer complaints for v40 lfit vitallium femoral heads (manufactured 7-jul-2014 and 15-aug-2014) reporting, at the time of surgery the femoral head could not be assembled with its corresponding v40 stem trunnion. in each case a new v40 lfit vitallium femoral head was opened and used. no other adverse consequences or delays to surgery were reported for any of these complaints.
  • Action
    Product to be returned to supplier

Device

Stryker Vitallium Femoral Heads with PCA taper, LFIT V40 taper or V40 taper
  • Model / Serial
    Model: 6260-5-028, 6260-5-032, 6260-5-132, 6260-5-232, 6260-5-328, 6260-5-332, 6260-5-428, 6260-5-432, 6260-9-028, 6260-9-032, 6260-9-132, 6260-9-232, 6260-9-328, 6260-9-332, 6260-9-428, 6280-0-128, 6280-0-132 and 6280-0-228, Affected: Manufactured between 7-Jul-2014 and 15-Aug-2014
  • Manufacturer
    Stryker Howmedica Osteonics

Manufacturer

Stryker Howmedica Osteonics
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Stryker
  • Source
    NZMMDSA