FDA Devices recall · Reported March 12, 2014
Greatbatch Medical, Offset Cup Impactor. Part Numbers: P9485, T10243, T10281, T10287, T10484, T10491, T10507, T10600, T10604, T10753, T10861, T11209, T11340, T12121, T12230, T12288, T12305, T12391, T12699, T12767, T12861, T13344, T13480, T13642, T13722, T13999, T14155, T14384, T15311, T15752, T15822, T15949, T16117, T16427, T16604, T16611, T16661, T16829, T16934, T17062, T17203, T17238, T17321, T6318, T7821, T8042, T8043, T8044, T8087, T8088, T8093, T8095, T8177, T8184, T8277, T8310, T8333, T8
Greatbatch Medical has initiated a global Field Corrective Action for the Standard Offset Cup Impactor since the product was first released in 2004. Greatbatch has identified t…
Greatbatch Medical recalled Greatbatch Medical, Offset Cup Impactor. Part Numbers: P9485, T10243, T10281, T10287, T… - a critical-severity action.
Greatbatch Medical, Offset Cup Impactor. Part Numbers: P9485, T10243, T10281, T10287, T… was recalled by Greatbatch Medical in March 12, 2014. Reason: Greatbatch Medical has initiated a global Field Corrective Action for the Standard Offset Cup Impactor since …. Check the official notice for the remedy. Verify recall #Z-1119-2014 with the FDA Devices before acting.
The recall
Greatbatch Medical issued this critical-severity FDA Devices recall-Greatbatch Medical has initiated a global Field Corrective Action for the Standard Offset Cup Impactor since ….
- Critical
- severity level
- Class I
- classification
- March 12, 2014
- reported
Sourced from official FDA Devices enforcement records. Verify recall #Z-1119-2014 with the agency before acting. Full product description, hazard, remedy, and related recalls are below.
Recall Insight
This recall's affected scope, documented in the Recall Profile below, stays within a single-region or limited-distribution footprint. Distribution scope (see Distribution below) directly affects the consumer exposure window and determines whether a recall remains regional or escalates into a nationwide advisory.
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Where this recall sits in its category - 41,021 medical devices recalls on record
Of 88,244 recalls with an agency hazard classification, 19,068 are high severity, 64,652 moderate, and 4,524 low. A further 16,179 CPSC/NHTSA recalls have no agency class and are excluded from this split. This recall is classified high severity.
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Product description
Greatbatch Medical, Offset Cup Impactor. Part Numbers: P9485, T10243, T10281, T10287, T10484, T10491, T10507, T10600, T10604, T10753, T10861, T11209, T11340, T12121, T12230, T12288, T12305, T12391, T12699, T12767, T12861, T13344, T13480, T13642, T13722, T13999, T14155, T14384, T15311, T15752, T15822, T15949, T16117, T16427, T16604, T16611, T16661, T16829, T16934, T17062, T17203, T17238, T17321, T6318, T7821, T8042, T8043, T8044, T8087, T8088, T8093, T8095, T8177, T8184, T8277, T8310, T8333, T8468, T8487, T9109, T9196, T9205, T9316, T9348, T9360, T9556, T9557, T9747, T9894, T9954, T9955, T9999. The Standard Offset Cup Impactor is a reusable instrument used during acetabular replacement surgery to implant an acetabular cup. The Standard Offset Cup Impactor is provided non-sterile and must be sterilized prior to use in a surgery. The Standard Offset Cup Impactor is used to implant cups during many minimally invasive surgical approaches to Total Hip Arthroplasty ( ri-IA). EXPANDED 3-28-2014: The following Part Numbers are also affected: P10270, P6427, P6464, P6501, P7611, P7640, P7794, P7927, P8233, P8590, T10006, T10261, T10606, T10835, T11095, T11506, T11622, T12081, T12083, T12124, T12125, T13435, T13527, T14174, T15262, T15515, T16418, T16551, T16552, T16553, T17272, T5709, T6744, T7751, T9195.
Reason for recall
Greatbatch Medical has initiated a global Field Corrective Action for the Standard Offset Cup Impactor since the product was first released in 2004. Greatbatch has identified through internal Sterility Assurance Level validation testing that a sterility assurance level of 10-6 is not achieved on the Standard Offset Cup Impactor when it is subjected to the steam sterilization cycles and associated dry times that are specified in the current Instructions For Use (IFU) provided with the device. The Standard Offset Cup Impactor is provided non-sterile and must be sterilized prior to use in a surgery. Greatbatch has not received any reports of deaths, illnesses, injuries, or other adverse effects associated with this issue.
Recall Profile
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Agency | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| Severity class | Critical (Class I) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Recall number | Z-1119-2014 |
| Date reported | March 12, 2014 |
| Date initiated | January 31, 2014 |
| Recalling firm | Greatbatch Medical |
| Firm location | Minneapolis, MN |
| Affected scope | 4870 worldwide (2482 US), EXPANDED: 7245 devices |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution - USA including CA, IN, KS, MA, NJ, TN,TX,UT and Internationally to Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain… |
Profile values are sourced directly from the official FDA Devices enforcement record. Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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