Reported Aug 21, 2013 · Terminated

Synthes Flexible Medullary Reamer. Intended to be used to facilitate the preparation of the intramedullary cavity.

Synthes USA HQ, 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: Synthes USA HQ, Inc. · 1302 Wrights Ln E · West Chester, PA · 19380-3417

Is this the product you have?

  • Synthes Flexible Medullary Reamer. Intended to be used to facilitate the preparation of the intramedullary cavity.
Lot codes and dates
    • All lots with part number 359.106
    • 359.107
    • 359.108
    • 359.109
    • 359.110
    • 359.111
    • 359.112
    • 359.113
    • 359.114
    • 359.115
Amount recalled
13,050

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

Due to the coiled design for this product, the product is difficult to clean and the potential for corrosion on the device exists. The potential for harm exists if there is an introduction of foreign material at the operative site originating from the presence of corrosion and/or the retained undefined material that could not be adequately cleaned.

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 31, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:16 PM UTC

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