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Event 72243

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
September 21, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Synthes (USA) Products LLC

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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device · product 1 of 1

Synthes Screw Inserter; for use with Intramedullary Rod, orthopedic device. Used to secure the head element to the head element inserter to prevent disengagement during head element insertion.

Z-0126-2016
Recall number
Z-0126-2016
Initiated
September 21, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
793

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Certain lots of the Screw Inserter may be etched with incorrect graphics. The orientation of the etched image of the oblique angle on the Screw Inserter may not correspond to the tip of the angle of the instrument.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Certain lots of the Screw Inserter may be etched with incorrect graphics. The orientation of the etched image of the oblique angle on the Screw Inserter may not correspond to the tip of the angle of the instrument.

Code information

Part Number 03.037.025 Lot Numbers 8911887; 8911975; 9166356; 9285766; 9286671; 9319408; 9375245; 9375251; 9388359; 9388360; 9393071; 9393074; 9393075; 9393076; 9409795; 9409796; 9422892; 9422895; 9498455; 9310899; 9310900; 9319407

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide Distribution

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