Blade, Saw, General & Plastic Surgery, Surgical

Medline CISION Sterile Blades. Labeled as follows with corresponding Item Number.

Potential of the blade puncturing the outer foil layer causing a breach in the sterile packaging.

- Average Medium Blade 9mm x 25mm x 0.38mm Ref. 2296-3-111 Lot 122590, 122447

The seal which maintains a sterile barrier for reprocessed medical devices became compromised to the point where product may fall out of the pouch.

Product is distributed by Zimmer (Warsaw, Indiana)/Synvasive Technology, Inc. (El Dorado Hills, CA) & manufactured under Synvasive Technology, Inc. El Dorado Hi

Various reciprocating and oscillating saw blades were incorrectly labeled. The labeling errors include: (1) The pouch says oscillating saw blade when it actually contains a reciprocating saw blade; (2) The box bar code date does not match the human readable expiration date; and (3) The label incorrectly states use with Zimmer/Synthes handset and not the Zimmer Universal Power System.

Formula Shaver Handpiece (with buttons);

Stryker Endoscopy determined that there may not have been adequate determination of required routine checks to ensure accuracy and fitness for use of specific serial numbers of Formula and 180 Shaver Hand Control.

***REF C9944A***"FULL RADIUS RESECTOR"***2.9mm***Qty 6***STERLING***STERILE***Rx Only.*** Made in the USA***Manufacturer: CONMED LINVATEC 11311 CONCEPT BLVD LAR

ConMed Linvatec, Largo, FL recalled catalog number, C9944A, lot # 95987, 2.9MM Full Radius Resector Blade in November 2009 because there was a possibility that the device was assembled with an incorrect outer tube.

Stryker 4.0 mm. Angled Aggressive 12 Degree Blade, Precision Cutters, Stryker Instruments, Kalamazoo, MI 49001 USA, (269) 323-7700 (800) 253-3210, Sterile, Sing

Recalled device was packaged with the incorrect angled blade. The labeling indicates a 12 degree angle but the product has a 40 degree angle.

Sternal Saw II Sterile Blades for the Sarns Sternal Saw System, Catalog number 5589, Terumo Cardiovascular System Corp, Ann Arbor, MI.

The firm discovered that some outer box labels contain incorrect information regarding the method of sterilization. The label incorrectly indicates the product was ethylene oxide sterlized but the product actually was sterilzed with gamma radiation.

GATOR. REF 9263A, 4.2mm STERLING, STERILE Rx Only.

ConMed Linvatec, Largo, FL is recalling ConMed Linvatec 9263A,4.2mm Sterling Blade, Gator Meniscus Cutter, Lot Number 178026 for breech in the sterile barrier.

Saw Blade

SteriMed, Inc is conducting a product removal of a small group of devices individually packaged and sealed within a pouch. The removal is being conducted because the possibility exists that some of the pouches were not properly sealed on one end. A breach in packaging seal or a failure in packaging integrity has the possibility of risk to the patient in terms of transmitting organisms capable

Terumo Sarns Sternal Saw II System Power Unit, 115 V, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp., Ann Arbor, MI; Catalog # 15670.

The drive power cable cannot be fully inserted into the power unit or can only be inserted with difficulty, resulting in the device not being operational.