Reported Oct 10, 2018 · Ongoing

JOURNEY BCS Knee Conventional Polyethylene Inserts: 74023111, 74023112, 74023113, 74023114, 74023115, 74023116,…

Smith & Nephew, Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 1450 E Brooks Rd · Memphis, TN · 38116-1804

Is this the product you have?

  • JOURNEY BCS
  • Knee Conventional Polyethylene Inserts

    194 of 194 codes

    • 74023111
    • 74023112
    • 74023113
    • 74023114
    • 74023115
    • 74023116
    • 74023117
    • 74023118
    • 74023121
    • 74023122
    • 74023123
    • 74023124
    • 74023125
    • 74023126
    • 74023127
    • 74023128
    • 74023131
    • 74023132
    • 74023133
    • 74023134
    • 74023135
    • 74023136
    • 74023137
    • 74023138
    • 74023141
    • 74023142
    • 74023143
    • 74023144
    • 74023145
    • 74023146
    • 74023147
    • 74023148
    • 74023211
    • 74023212
    • 74023213
    • 74023214
    • 74023215
    • 74023216
    • 74023217
    • 74023218
    • 74023221
    • 74023222
    • 74023223
    • 74023224
    • 74023225
    • 74023226
    • 74023227
    • 74023228
    • 74023231
    • 74023232
    • 74023233
    • 74023234
    • 74023235
    • 74023236
    • 74023237
    • 74023238
    • 74023241
    • 74023242
    • 74023243
    • 74023244
Lot codes and dates
  • All lots
Amount recalled
64642

This recall covers 3 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 2 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide
  • PR

Why it was recalled

The data in the National Joint Registry of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (NJREWNI) and Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR) indicate that the first generation JOURNEY BCS Knee System has a revision rate over 1.5 times the primary total knee arthroplasty device class average revision rates reported in those registries.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Data as of Sep 19, 6:57 PM UTC

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