Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 20965 |
| Brand Name: | Synthes_Fixation system implantation kit, internal [44759] |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | RIA Tube Assembly, for RIA Drive Shaft minimum length 520 mm, for No. 314.743, sterile |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Johnson & Johnson (NZ) Limited 13a Gabador Place Mt Wellington AUCKLAND 1060 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 922 638 |
| Manufacturer: | Synthes GmbH |
| Issue: | The expiration date on the label for the product is incorrect. Existing testing supports an expiration date of 2 years from manufacturing. The affected products on the market were labelled with an expiration date of 10 years. There is biocompatibility test data to support an expiration date 2 years only; biocompatibility testing was not completed for 10 years |
| Recall action type: | Recall |
| Recall action: | Product to be returned to supplier |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 20/12/2016 |
