FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Synthes USA HQ, Inc.: Synthes 8.5 MM Medullary Reamer Product Usage: An orthopedic manual surgical instrument is a nonpowered hand-held device intended for medical purposes to manipulate tissue, or for use with other devices in orthopedic surgery. This generic type of device includes the cerclage applier, awl, bender, drill brace, broach, bmT, corkscrew, countersink, pin crimper, wire cutter, prosthesis driver, extractor, file, fork, needle holder, impactor, bending or contouring instrument, compression instrument, passer, socket positioner, probe, femoral neck punch, socket pusher, reamer, rongeur, scissors, screwdriver, bone skid, staple driver, bone screw starter, surgical stripper, tamp, bone tap, trephine, wire twister, and wrench.
- Recall number
- Z-0202-2014
- Recalling firm
- Synthes USA HQ, Inc.
- Product
- Synthes 8.5 MM Medullary Reamer Product Usage: An orthopedic manual surgical instrument is a nonpowered hand-held device intended for medical purposes to manipulate tissue, or for use with other devices in orthopedic surgery. This generic type of device includes the cerclage applier, awl, bender, drill brace, broach, bmT, corkscrew, countersink, pin crimper, wire cutter, prosthesis driver, extractor, file, fork, needle holder, impactor, bending or contouring instrument, compression instrument, passer, socket positioner, probe, femoral neck punch, socket pusher, reamer, rongeur, scissors, screwdriver, bone skid, staple driver, bone screw starter, surgical stripper, tamp, bone tap, trephine, wire twister, and wrench.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2013-10-03
- Posted
- 2013-11-13
- Terminated
- 2016-08-26
- Reason
- Complaints were received for intraoperative reamer head breakages which can allow for unretrieved fragments of non-implant grade material.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- Synthes sent an Urgent Notice: Voluntary Medical Device Recall Notification letters, dated October 3, 2013, to affected customers. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. Customers were instructed to review their inventory and immediately remove the affected lots from stock. For questions call 610-719-5450 or contact your Synthes Sales Consultant.
- Quantity
- 2979
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution: USA (Nationwide) and countries of: Canada and Mexico.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Part No. 352.085 with lot numbers 20141 through 24510, and 4399543 through 5870257
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LXH
- Firm FEI
- 3005180112
- Firm city
- West Chester
- Firm state
- PA
- 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
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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