Reported Sep 30, 2015 · Terminated

Synthes Cranial Flap Tube Clamp and Crimping Device Product Usage: The Synthes Cranial Flap Tube Clamp System 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 Cranial Flap Tube
  • Clamp and Crimping Device Product UsageThe Synthes Cranial Flap Tube Clamp System is intended to reattach a cranial bone flap to the surrounding cranium after a craniotomy procedure
Lot codes and dates
  • Part Number
    • 329.315
    • 460.001
    • 460.001.01S
    • 460.002
    • 460.002.01S
    • 460.003
    • 460.003.01S
    • 460.008
    • 460.008.01S
    • 460.009
    • 460.009.01S
    • 460.010
    • 460.010.01S
    • 460.100
    • 460.100.01S
    • 460.107
    • 460.107.01S
    with Lot Numbers 4146716, 4154144, 4206682, 4206683, 4213557, 4214824, 4216603, 4216604, 4240689, 4240690, 4241741, 4248462, 4249395, 4249396, 4264386, 4278302, 4278304, 4283035, 4283036, 4283037, 4283038, 4283039, 4283040, 4283041, 4285956, 4289103, 4295084, 4295085, 4298044, 4303093, 4326975, 4326979, 4326981, 4329355, 4331263, 4331265, 4331266, 4344659, 4344678, 4378973, 4482201, 4485317, 4488093, 4488094, 4490608, 4490609, 4496716, 4496915, 4496916, 4501971, 4504043, 4508068, 4513458, 4513459, 4513460, 4513461, 4516371, 4519406, 4519407, 4521408, 4525905, 4550062, 4550063, 4550064, 4550065, 4551164, 4551165, 4551166, 4561400, 4561401, 4572176, 4574481, 4580884, 4586704, 4605094, 4661414, 4669482, 4669483, 4675725, 4695343, 4705970, 4723148, 4753792, 4753794, 4777999, 4778000, 4906228, 4906229, 4914498, 4917681, 4934562, 4944809, 4956361, 4956363, 4983255, 4983256, 4983257, 5007806, 5041856, 5041857, 5041858, 5046857, 5046859, 5098159, 5113496, 5113497, 5134868, 5134869, 5143883, 5204105, 5230669, 5234395, 5234396, 5245233, 5245237, 5251710, 5292433, 5308690, 5308733, 5341509, 5370371, 5370375, 5438364, 5452452, 5465222, 5655435, 5667092, 5697537, 5726966, 5726967, 5726968, 5726969, 5726970, 5726971, 5801281, 5801284, 5801285, 5801287, 6036379, 6036381, 6168066, 6188888, 6188890, 6268389, 6268390, 6272370, 6322541, 6364587, 6553805, 6861415, 6983782, 7032568, 7505227, 7640627
Amount recalled
105882

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

The Synthes Cranial Flap Tube Clamp and Crimping Device for Cranial Tube Clamp had been labeled MR Safe although they do not have the testing protocols currently required to designate them as MR Safe.

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, 2016 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:00 PM UTC

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