Events

Rappel de Device Recall Orthocord Suture

Selon U.S. Food and Drug Administration, ce/cet/cette rappel concerne un dispositif en/au/aux/à United States qui a été fabriqué par Ethicon, Inc..

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

Une correction ou un retrait opéré par un fabricant afin de répondre à un problème causé par un dispositif médical. Les rappels surviennent lorsqu'un dispositif médical est défectueux, lorsqu'il pourrait poser un risque pour la santé, ou les deux à la fois.

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  • Type d'événement
    Recall
  • ID de l'événement
    51049
  • Classe de risque de l'événement
    Class 2
  • Numéro de l'événement
    Z-1316-2009
  • Date de mise en oeuvre de l'événement
    2009-02-02
  • Date de publication de l'événement
    2009-05-12
  • Statut de l'événement
    Terminated
  • Pays de l'événement
    United States
  • Date de fin de l'événement
    2009-10-21
  • Source de l'événement
    USFDA
  • URL de la source de l'événement
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=79241
  • Notes / Alertes
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notes supplémentaires dans les données
    Absorbable Polydioxanone Suture - Product Code NEW
  • Cause
    Sterility issue: the firm decided to remove the product because it cannot assure the sterility of the products due to a failure in the sterilization process.
  • Action
    Urgent Voluntary Product Recall notification letters were sent via UPS Next Day Air with receipt on February 2, 2009. Letters were sent to customers, Directors of Surgical Services, Director of Risk Management, Materials Manager and Distributors. The letters requested that customers immediately discontinue use of the products with lot numbers listed. Customers are to identify and return only the boxes identified in the attached tables. The affected product should be returned to Ethicon via the pre-paid authorized shipping label. Customers that are not returning affected product should mail the enclosed business reply card to Ethicon. Customers should direct questions regarding this recall to 1-888-202-3694 or their Ethicon sales representative. 5/13/09: It was discovered that a lot of PDS II sutures that had been previously identified as affected but not distributed, were mistakenly distributed. Revised letters including this number were sent to 25 customers on 5/13/09.

Device

Device Recall Orthocord Suture
  • Modèle / numéro de série
    Lot # Expiration Date AP2702 2011-11-30 12:00AM AP2546 2011-11-30 12:00AM
  • Classification du dispositif
    General and Plastic Surgery Devices
  • Classe de dispositif
    2
  • Dispositif implanté ?
    Yes
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution -- USA, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Greece, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Korea, Luxemburg, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
  • Description du dispositif
    Orthocord Suture, DePuy Mitek, a Johnson & Johnson Company; . DePuy Mitek, Inc. || 325 Paramount Drive, Raynham, MA 02767 || Sutures are intended for general soft tissue approximation and/or ligation.
  • Manufacturer
    Ethicon, Inc.

Manufacturer

Ethicon, Inc.
  • Adresse du fabricant
    Ethicon, Inc., US Highway 22 West, Somerville NJ 08876
  • Société-mère du fabricant (2017)
    Johnson & Johnson
  • Source
    USFDA