Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
The manbufacturer has recently determined that there is an issue with the self-punching eyelet contained within the arthrex swivelock sp suture anchor. this may cause the eyelet to break on insertion in hard bone.