Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
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It was discovered during manufacturing that size 3 and 4 triathlon cemented revision femoral components had excess metal trapped in the size and lot code marking imprints. analysis showed that the material trapped in the imprint was 304 stainless steel blast media which is used to grit blast the implants during the manufacturing process.