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Event 86700

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
October 23, 2020
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Completed
Recalling firm wording
Mako Surgical Corporation

Dossier provenance

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  • 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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Mako Integrated Cutting System (MICS) Handpiece, Catalog Number 209063, Software Version#: THA 3.0 and later, PKA 3.0 and later, and TKA 1.0 - Product Usage: The MICS Handpiece is attached to the distal end of the robotic arm and is used to register the RIO (Mako robot) and to execute bone preparation during a Mako Total Knee or Mako Partial Knee procedure (PKA Software Application 3.0 or later).

Z-0472-2021
Recall number
Z-0472-2021
Initiated
October 23, 2020
Classification
Class II
Status
Completed
Recalling firm
Mako Surgical Corporation
Quantity
367 units

App-derived interpretation

Device software or design reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0
Software Application 3.0 or later). This issue

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

Stryker has discovered a characterization issue associated with the Mako Integrated Cutting System (MICS) Handpiece. The MICS Handpiece is attached to the distal end of the robotic arm and is used to register the RIO and to execute bone preparation during a Mako Total Knee or Mako Partial Knee procedure (PKA Software Application 3.0 or later). This issue may result in unsuccessful checkpoint verification when the Mako System attempts to verify the location of the saw blade prior to bone preparation. This issue may also cause a discrepancy during bone preparation in a Mako Total Knee or a Mako Partial Knee procedure in which the surgeon uses a straight or angled saw attachment with the MICS Handpiece. The surgeon may make cuts during bone preparation that differ from the surgeon s preoperative plan.

Code information

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Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Australia, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, and Chile, and France, Germany Luxembourg, and UK