Flexible handle (part no. 355.280), used with the Simplified Universal Nail System (SUN) and the Universal Nail System (UNI)

Orthopaedic instrument. Flexible handle (part no. 355.280), used with the Simplified Universal Nail System (SUN) and the Universal Nail System (UNI). The flexible handle is used during the insertion of the universal tibial nail, and femoral universal nail and the extraction of all universal nails. All devices of the old design, where the handles are perpendicular to the threaded section, are affected by this recall - see figures below for a visual comparison of the old and new design. The affected flexible handle (part no. 355.280) is always attached to the hammer guide (part no. 355.220).