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Triathlon Total Knee System - Ts Femoral Component — recall 57255

Health Canada — Medical Devices · Canada · 2017-07-18 · Type II

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Agency
Health Canada — Medical Devices
Recall identifier
57255
Date of alert
2017-07-18
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: It was discovered during manufacturing, that size 3 and 4 Triathlon Cemented Revision Femoral components had excess metal trapped in the size and lot code marking imprints. Analysis showed that the material trapped in the imprint was 304 stainless steel blast media, which is used to grit blast the implants during the manufacturing process.
Primary source: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/triathlon-total-knee-system-ts

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