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Field Safety Notices about adapters to adjust the tightening torque

According to Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products, this field safety notices involved a device in Poland that was produced by Greatbatch Medical.

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Field safety notices are communications sent out by medical device manufacturers or their representatives in relation to actions that they may be taking in relation to their product that is on the market. These are mainly for health workers, but also for users. They can include recalls and alerts.

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  • Type of Event
    Field Safety Notice
  • Event ID
    755
  • Date
    2016-09-12
  • Event Country
    Poland
  • Event Source
    ORMPMDBP
  • Event Source URL
    http://www.urpl.gov.pl/pl/notatka-bezpiecze%C5%84stwa-firmy-greatbatch-medical-dotycz%C4%85ca-wycofania-z-obrotu-i-u%C5%BCywania-niekt%C3%B3rych
  • Notes / Alerts
    Polish data is current through November 2018. All of the data comes from the Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products, 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 Poland.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Action
    Greatbatch Medical safety note regarding withdrawal from the market and use of some series of adapters for adjusting the tightening torque

Device

adapters to adjust the tightening torque

Manufacturer

Greatbatch Medical