FDA recall Z-1507-2023

Product

LINK SLED Knee System: ENDO SLED KNEE FEM COMP, SMALL Item Number: 15-2020/40

Reason for recall

Additional Label Warnings: Amendment / reinforcement of the Surgical Technique and future product training on the updated technique, due to early aseptic loosening or increased wear of the implant caused by suboptimal positioning of the implant or inadequate cementing technique leading to an unsatisfactory surgical result, and in the worst case, intervention or revision earlier than expected

Distribution

NY, NV Foreign: Bulgaria, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Argentina, Australia, China, India, Iraq, Jordan, Colombia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Belarus

Key facts

Status

Ongoing

Initiation date

2023-03-21

Report date

2023-05-10

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

Rockaway, NJ, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1507-2023