Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 18496 |
| Brand Name: | Mathys Optimys Femoral Stem |
| Model: | 52.34.0198 |
| Affected: | |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Mathys New Zealand Ltd 46 Hillside Road Wairau Valley AUCKLAND 0627 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 628 497 |
| Manufacturer: | Mathys Medical Ltd |
| Issue: | Mathys Ltd Bettlach has detected an inconsistency in the shelf-life of implants coated with Bonit (titanium/calcium phosphate, Ti/CaP). As a preventive measure, the shelf-life of the Bonit-coated implants has been reduced from previously ten or eight years, respectively, to a new shelf-life of five years |
| Recall action type: | Recall |
| Recall action: | Product to be returned to supplier |
| Level of recall: | Sponsor Control |
| Date Commenced: | 15/6/2015 |
