FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Smith & Nephew, Inc.: Journey BCS Knee CoCr Femoral Components, Catalog Numbers: 74021210, 74021211, 74021212, 74021213, 74021214, 74021215, 74021216, 74021217, 74021218, 74021219, 74021220, 74021221, 74021222, 74021223, 74021224, 74021225, 74021226, 74021227, 74021228, 74021229
- Recall number
- Z-0001-2019
- Recalling firm
- Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Product
- Journey BCS Knee CoCr Femoral Components, Catalog Numbers: 74021210, 74021211, 74021212, 74021213, 74021214, 74021215, 74021216, 74021217, 74021218, 74021219, 74021220, 74021221, 74021222, 74021223, 74021224, 74021225, 74021226, 74021227, 74021228, 74021229
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2018-06-13
- Posted
- 2018-10-01
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- 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.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- The Field Safety Notice (FSN) sent to risk managers on 06/13/2018 asks customers to inspect inventory, locate and quarantine affected, unused Journey BCS Knee CoCr Femoral Components and JOURNEY BCS OXINIUM Knee Femoral Components. Affected product subject of the voluntary removal is to be returned to Smith & Nephew. All consignees are asked to complete an FSN Response Form, even if they do not have product to return. The Field Safety Notice, communicated with surgeons that these first generation JOURNEY BCS tibial inserts should only be used for polyethylene exchange revision of the first generation JOURNEY BCS total knee constructs where the femoral component and tibial baseplate are well-fixed. This notification, addressed to implanting surgeons, requesting their receipt and acknowledgement of the FSN.
- Quantity
- 10,792 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution, including US nationwide and Puerto Rico, Austria, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, India, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Venezuela, South Africa.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- All lots
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K042515"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JWH
- Firm FEI
- 1020279
- Firm city
- Memphis
- Firm state
- TN
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28