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Health product recall

A-642100 Fixed Offset Adapter (2013-10-25)

Starting date:
October 25, 2013
Posting date:
January 24, 2014
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type II
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals
Identification number:
RA-37537

Recalled products

  1. A-642100 Fixed Offset Adapter

Reason

Company has discovered that the A-642100 offset adapter can develop fatigue cracks in normal use over an extended period of time and ultimately separate completely. Despite the fact that two incidents is not a high failure percentage, the failure mode at hand gives reason to act on the matter to prevent potential patient injury.

Affected products

A. A-642100 Fixed Offset Adapter

Lot or serial number

All lots

Model or catalog number
  • A-642100
Companies
Manufacturer
Ossur HF
Grjothals 5
Reykjavik
110
ICELAND