Synthes Radial Head Prosthesis System, Surgical instrument motors and accessories Product Usage: Intended for…
Medical device recall Z-1124-2017. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 8, 2017.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 8, 2017. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 50,311 units how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
There is the possibility that the radial stem may loosen post-operatively at the stem bone interface.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Synthes Radial Head Prosthesis System, Surgical instrument motors and accessories Product Usage: Intended for primary and revision joint replacement of the radial head.
50,311 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Part Numbers: 03.402.006 03.402.007 03.402.008 03.402.009 03.402.010 03.402.018 03.402.020 03.402.022 03.402.024 03.402.026 03.402.028 03.402.106 03.402.107 03.402.108 03.402.109 03.402.110 03.402.218 03.402.220 03.402.222 03.402.224…
Every code shown here, 1,137 characters
Part Numbers: 03.402.006 03.402.007 03.402.008 03.402.009 03.402.010 03.402.018 03.402.020 03.402.022 03.402.024 03.402.026 03.402.028 03.402.106 03.402.107 03.402.108 03.402.109 03.402.110 03.402.218 03.402.220 03.402.222 03.402.224 03.402.226 03.402.228 03.402.418 03.402.420 03.402.422 03.402.424 03.402.426 03.402.428 03.402.618 03.402.620 03.402.622 03.402.624 03.402.626 03.402.628 03.402.701 03.402.710 03.402.711 03.402.712 03.402.716 03.402.717 03.402.718 03.402.719 03.402.720 03.402.721 03.402.722 03.402.723 03.402.724 03.402.725 03.402.726 03.402.727 03.402.728 03.402.729 03.402.730 03.402.731 03.402.732 03.402.733 03.402.734 03.402.735 03.402.740 03.402.741 03.402.744 04.402.006S 04.402.007S 04.402.008S 04.402.009S 04.402.010S 04.402.026S 04.402.027S 04.402.028S 04.402.029S 04.402.030S 09.402.018S 09.402.020S 09.402.022S 09.402.024S 09.402.026S 09.402.028S 09.402.218S 09.402.220S 09.402.222S 09.402.224S 09.402.226S 09.402.228S 09.402.418S 09.402.420S 09.402.422S 09.402.424S 09.402.426S 09.402.428S 09.402.618S 09.402.620S 09.402.622S 09.402.624S 09.402.626S 09.402.628S 60.402.001 60.402.002 61.402.001 01.402.001E
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
United States Nationwide Distribution.
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Dec 29, 2016.
- FDA classified it on Feb 2, 2017.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Feb 8, 2017.
- FDA terminated it on Feb 6, 2018.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Synthes (USA) Products LLC, of West Chester, PA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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