Reported Dec 4, 2013 · Terminated

Synthes 14.5 mm Outer Protection Sleeve for Suprapatellar Synthes 14.5 mm Outer Protection Sleeve for Suprapatellar is…

Synthes (USA) Products LLC

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: Synthes (USA) Products LLC · 1301 Goshen Pkwy · West Chester, PA · 19380-5986

Is this the product you have?

  • Synthes 14.5 mm Outer Protection Sleeve for Suprapatellar Synthes 14.5 mm Outer Protection Sleeve for Suprapatellar is used as part of the Synthes Tibial Nail System EX to stabilize fractures of the proximal and distal tibia and the tibia shaft, open and closed tibia shaft fractures, certain pre- and post- isthmic fractures, and tibial malunions and non-unions.
Lot codes and dates
    • part no. 03010.438S
    • lot 706802
Amount recalled
55

This recall covers 2 products

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

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Complaints were received reporting that a product packaged as a 14.5 mm Outer Protection Sleeve for Suprapatellar contained a 12.0 mm Outer Protection Sleeve for Suprapatellar.

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

Notice updated Aug 18, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:45 PM UTC

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