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Various Zimmer 70cm Guide Wire Trauma Products (2017-06-14) — recall 56914

Health Canada — Medical Devices · Canada · 2017-07-06 · Type II

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Agency
Health Canada — Medical Devices
Recall identifier
56914
Date of alert
2017-07-06
Country / jurisdiction
Canada
Risk level
Type II
Risk type
recall
Product category
Medical devices
Product type
Medical devices
Notice status
Archived by the issuing authority — kept for reference
Reported risk: Zimmer is initiating a recall/removal for various 70cm guide wire trauma products which assist in guiding the nail during implantation. The humeral guide wire ball tip is also used to guide flexible reamers during ulna preparation for the nexel total elbow. The design verification for the previous packaging configuration does not cover the 70cm wires. While there have been no complaints involving a breach in sterility, Zimmer has completed design verification to move the 70cm guide wires to a new packaging configuration. As a result, the products packaged in the previous packaging configuration are being removed.
Primary source: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/various-zimmer-70cm-guide-wire

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