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Event 73084

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
January 11, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Smith & Nephew, 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

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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device · product 1 of 1

Smith & Nephew BEAVER Blade 4.0mm Part Number: 72203307 Orthopedic surgical instrument used in hip arthroscopy.

Z-0793-2016
Recall number
Z-0793-2016
Initiated
January 11, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Quantity
69043 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Blade exhibiting fracture during hip arthroscopy procedures

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Device Design

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Reason for recall

Blade exhibiting fracture during hip arthroscopy procedures

Code information

Lot Codes: ( Devices within Expiry) 3009063 3009559 3010117 3010720 3011688 3012095 3012366 3014560 3016455 3018390 3020194 3022929 3025736 3027818 3030178 3032892 3036529 3071312 3071546 3074279 3074280 3076377 3076427 3085969 3089220 3093258 3098516 3101929 3104300 3107341 3111387 3114657 3115976 3119607 3123832 3124356 3124896 3125448 3128384

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution. US Nationwide and countries of AT, AU, BE, CA, CH, CL, CN, CZ, DB, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, HK, IE, IL, IN, IT, JP, LT, LV, NL, NO, PL, PR, PT, RO, SE, SG, SI, TH, TR, and ZA.

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