JOURNEY BCS Knee Conventional Polyethylene Inserts: 74023111 — Class II medical device recall Z-0003-2019
Ongoing recall by Smith & Nephew, Inc., reported 2018-10-10, distributed nationwide. The data in the National Joint Registry of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (NJREWNI) and Australian Orthop
| Recall number | Z-0003-2019 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2018-06-13 |
| Classified | 2018-10-01 |
| Reported by FDA | 2018-10-10 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Countries outside the US | AE, AT, AU, BE, CA, CH, CN, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, IN, IT, NL, PT, SE, VE, ZA |
| Quantity | 64,642 |
Product
JOURNEY BCS Knee Conventional Polyethylene Inserts: 74023111, 74023112, 74023113, 74023114, 74023115, 74023116, 74023117, 74023118, 74023121, 74023122, 74023123, 74023124, 74023125, 74023126, 74023127, 74023128, 74023131, 74023132, 74023133, 74023134, 74023135, 74023136, 74023137, 74023138, 74023141, 74023142, 74023143, 74023144, 74023145, 74023146, 74023147, 74023148, 74023211, 74023212, 74023213, 74023214, 74023215, 74023216, 74023217, 74023218, 74023221, 74023222, 74023223, 74023224, 74023225, 74023226, 74023227, 74023228, 74023231, 74023232, 74023233, 74023234, 74023235, 74023236, 74023237, 74023238, 74023241, 74023242, 74023243, 74023244, 74023245, 74023246, 74023247, 74023248, 74023251, 74023252, 74023253, 74023254, 74023255, 74023256, 74023257, 74023258, 74023261, 74023262, 74023263, 74023264, 74023265, 74023266, 74023267, 74023268, 74023271, 74023272, 74023273, 74023274, 74023275, 74023276, 74023277, 74023278, 74023281, 74023282, 74023283, 74023284, 74023285, 74023286, 74023287, 74023288, 74023311, 74023312, 74023313, 74023314, 74023315, 74023316, 74023317, 74023318, 74023321, 74023322, 74023323, 74023324, 74023325, 74023326, 74023327, 74023328, 74023331, 74023332, 74023333, 74023334, 74023335, 74023336, 74023337, 74023338, 74023341, 74023342, 74023343, 74023344, 74023345, 74023346, 74023347, 74023348, 74023411, 74023412, 74023413, 74023414, 74023415, 74023416, 74023417, 74023418, 74023421, 74023422, 74023423, 74023424, 74023425, 74023426, 74023427, 74023428, 74023431, 74023432, 74023433, 74023434, 74023435, 74023436, 74023437, 74023438, 74023441, 74023442, 74023443, 74023444, 74023445, 74023446, 74023447, 74023448, 74023451, 74023452, 74023453, 74023454, 74023455, 74023456, 74023457, 74023458, 74023461, 74023462, 74023463, 74023464, 74023465, 74023466, 74023467, 74023468, 74023471, 74023472, 74023473, 74023474, 74023475, 74023476, 74023477, 74023478, 74023481, 74023482, 74023483, 74023484, 74023485, 74023486, 74023487, 74023488, 74023648, 74203326
Reason for recall
The data in the National Joint Registry of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (NJREWNI) and Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR) indicate that the first generation JOURNEY BCS Knee System has a revision rate over 1.5 times the primary total knee arthroplasty device class average revision rates reported in those registries.
Machine access
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