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Device product

TwinFix Ti 2.8 mm HS Suture Anchor - Product Usage: A fixation device intended to provide secure attachment of soft tissue to bone.

Z-1273-2020

December 30, 2019

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Event
Event 84748
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
82 distributed throughout US:AZ, ID, MO, NC, ND, NE, OK, SC, TN. 243 distributed OUS: AE, AU, CA, CH, ES, FI, JP, PR, SG. Total: 325 units
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1273-2020

Official wording

Reason: Due to a potential for sterile barrier breach. A complaint was received that indicated the protective tube of the device came off inside the pouch enabling the pointed end of the device to puncture the package causing a breach of the sterile barrier, which could affect the sterility of the device.

Code information: Batch numbers: 2010547, 2025137, 2036695, 50763859, & 50773071. Part Number 72200796. UDI 10600147.

Distribution pattern: Worldwide distribution  US Nationwide distribution in the states of AZ, ID, MO, NC, ND, NE, OK, SC, TN, and countries of AE, AU, CA, CH, ES, FI, JP, PR, SG.

Derived failure modes

  • Sterility assurance

    reason.sterility_assurance · v1.0.0

    sterile barrier breach