Reported Aug 14, 2013 · Terminated

R3 (TM) XLPE ACETABULAR LINER UHMWPE, 20o OVERHANG, 36 MM ID, 62 MM OD, QTY: (1), STERILE H2O2, REF 71335762.…

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

Is this the product you have?

    • R3 (TM) XLPE ACETABULAR LINER UHMWPE
    • 20o OVERHANG
    • 36 MM ID
    • 62 MM OD
  • QTY
    • (1)
    • STERILE H2O2
    • REF 71335762. Orthopaedic
Lot codes and dates
  • Batch No. 12FM00603
Amount recalled
53 units

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

Why it was recalled

One batch of 60 mm 20o R3 XLPE liner may be laser etched and packaged as a 62 mm 20o liner and one batch of 62 mm 20o R3 XLPE liner may be laser etched and packaged as a 60 mm 20o liner.

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 Mar 22, 2016 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:35 PM UTC

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