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Event 68738

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
June 30, 2014
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Synthes, Inc.

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Synthes 3.0 MM TI Cannulated Screw Instrument and Implant Set

Z-2265-2014
Recall number
Z-2265-2014
Initiated
June 30, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Synthes, Inc.
Quantity
4

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
A screw set was returned from the field for destruction after being exposed to flood water, which was erroneously reprocessed and returned to the field. Initial investigative testing indicated the components within the set may be cytotoxic.

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Reason for recall

A screw set was returned from the field for destruction after being exposed to flood water, which was erroneously reprocessed and returned to the field. Initial investigative testing indicated the components within the set may be cytotoxic.

Code information

Part Number: 145.17E Lot Number: EV01609, individual part numbers contained within 145.17E: 304.49 309.501 310.221 310.804 311.43 312.151 312.153 313.969 314.463 314.464 314.465 319.291 319.292 319.702 319.97 398.408 398.409 402.608-402.640 402.714-402.740 419.89 419.972 292.622, and 292.623.

Distribution pattern

Distributed in the states of WI and MI.

Field note

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