Smith & Nephew, Inc.: Medical Device Recalls in 2016

Updated on March 25, 2026.

According to to data from the FDA, there were 31 medical device recalls made by Smith & Nephew, Inc. in 2016. See the details of the recalls below.

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TANDEM (TM) INTL COCR SHELL UHMWPE LINER BIPOLAR, REF NUMBERS: 71324038, 71324039, 71324040, 71324041, 71324042, 71324043, 71324044, 71324045, 71324046, 71324047, 71324048, 71324049, 71324050, 71324051, 71324052, 71324053, 71324054, 71324055, 71324057, 71324059, 71325039, 71325040, 71325041,71325042, 71325043, 71325044, 71325045, 71325046, 71325047, 71325048, 71325049, 71325050, 71325051, 71325052, 71325053, 71325054, 71325055, 71325057, 71372047
LEGION(TM) HEMI STEPPED, TIBIAL SCREW-ON WEDGE, REF 71421147, QTY 1, 5 MM, SIZE 5-6 LT-LAT / RT-MDL; Tibial knee prosthesis, augment.
LEGION(TM) HK FEMORAL ASSEMBLY, SIZE 4 RIGHT, A/P 58.5 MM, M/L 66 MM, REF 71421364 The LEGION Hinge Knee System is indicated for: 1. Rheumatoid arthritis. 2. Post-traumatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, or degenerative arthritis in older patients whose age, weight and activity level are compatible with an adequate long-term result. 3. Failed osteotomies, unicompartmental replacement, or total knee replacement. 4. Posterior stabilized knee systems are designed for use in patients in primary and revision surgery, 5. Constrained and hinge knee systems are designed for use in patients in primary and revision surgery. The LEGION Hinge Knee System is for cemented use only.
Smith & Nephew Whipknot Soft Tissue Cinch (USP#5) suture. PN: 7211015 Used during ligament reconstruction.
LEGION(TM) HK FEMORAL ASSEMBLY, SIZE 4 LEFT, A/P 58.5 MM, M/L 66 MM, REF 71421374 The LEGION Hinge Knee System is indicated for: 1. Rheumatoid arthritis. 2. Post-traumatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, or degenerative arthritis in older patients whose age, weight and activity level are compatible with an adequate long-term result. 3. Failed osteotomies, unicompartmental replacement, or total knee replacement. 4. Posterior stabilized knee systems are designed for use in patients in primary and revision surgery, 5. Constrained and hinge knee systems are designed for use in patients in primary and revision surgery. The LEGION Hinge Knee System is for cemented use only.
RENASYS Sterile Transparent Film and all the RENASYS Dressing kits that contains the RENASYS Sterile Transparent Film Is intended for patients who would benefit from a suction device (negative pressure) to help promote wound healing by removing fluids including irrigation and body fluids, wound exudates and infectious materials. Examples of appropriate wounds types include chronic, acute, traumatic, Sub-Acute and dehisced wounds, ulcers, (such as pressure and diabetic), partial thickness burns, flaps and grafts.
LEGION(TM) HK FEMORAL ASSEMBLY, SIZE 3 RIGHT, A/P 54.5 MM, M/L 62 MM, REF 71421363 The LEGION Hinge Knee System is indicated for: 1. Rheumatoid arthritis. 2. Post-traumatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, or degenerative arthritis in older patients whose age, weight and activity level are compatible with an adequate long-term result. 3. Failed osteotomies, unicompartmental replacement, or total knee replacement. 4. Posterior stabilized knee systems are designed for use in patients in primary and revision surgery, 5. Constrained and hinge knee systems are designed for use in patients in primary and revision surgery. The LEGION Hinge Knee System is for cemented use only.
LEGION(TM) HK FEMORAL ASSEMBLY, SIZE 3 LEFT, A/P 54.5 MM, M/L 62 MM, REF 71421373 The LEGION Hinge Knee System is indicated for: 1. Rheumatoid arthritis. 2. Post-traumatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, or degenerative arthritis in older patients whose age, weight and activity level are compatible with an adequate long-term result. 3. Failed osteotomies, unicompartmental replacement, or total knee replacement. 4. Posterior stabilized knee systems are designed for use in patients in primary and revision surgery, 5. Constrained and hinge knee systems are designed for use in patients in primary and revision surgery. The LEGION Hinge Knee System is for cemented use only.
LEGION(TM) HK FEMORAL ASSEMBLY, SIZE 5 LEFT, A/P 62 MM, M/L 70 MM, REF 71421375 The LEGION Hinge Knee System is indicated for: 1. Rheumatoid arthritis. 2. Post-traumatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, or degenerative arthritis in older patients whose age, weight and activity level are compatible with an adequate long-term result. 3. Failed osteotomies, unicompartmental replacement, or total knee replacement. 4. Posterior stabilized knee systems are designed for use in patients in primary and revision surgery, 5. Constrained and hinge knee systems are designed for use in patients in primary and revision surgery. The LEGION Hinge Knee System is for cemented use only.
LEGION(TM) HK FEMORAL ASSEMBLY, SIZE 5 RIGHT, A/P 62 MM, M/L 70 MM, REF 71421365 The LEGION Hinge Knee System is indicated for: 1. Rheumatoid arthritis. 2. Post-traumatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, or degenerative arthritis in older patients whose age, weight and activity level are compatible with an adequate long-term result. 3. Failed osteotomies, unicompartmental replacement, or total knee replacement. 4. Posterior stabilized knee systems are designed for use in patients in primary and revision surgery, 5. Constrained and hinge knee systems are designed for use in patients in primary and revision surgery. The LEGION Hinge Knee System is for cemented use only.
TANDEM (TM) COCR SHELL UHMWPE LINER BIPOLAR, REF NUMBERS: 71322040, 71322041, 71322042, 71322043, 71322044, 71322045, 71322046, 71322047, 71322048, 71322049, 71322050, 71322051, 71322052, 71322053, 71322054, 71322055, 71322057
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Left, SIZE 4 LEFT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 017, S&N 7500272, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Left, SIZE 10 LEFT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 006, S&N 7500261, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Left, SIZE 8 LEFT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 005, S&N 7500260, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
Smith & Nephew BEAVER Blade 4.0mm Part Number: 72203307 Orthopedic surgical instrument used in hip arthroscopy.
SPHERICAL HEAD REFLECTION(R) 6.5 MM CANCELLOUS SCREW, REF 71332525, QTY: (1), STERILE R, smith&nephew Total hip components are indicated for individuals undergoing primary or revision surgery where other treatments or devices have failed in rehabilitating hips damaged as a result of trauma or noninflammatory degenerative joint disease (NIDJD) or any of its composite diagnoses of osteoarthritis, avascular necrosis, traumatic arthritis, slipped capital epiphysis, fused hip, fracture of the pelvis, and diastrophic variant; congenital dysplasia; old, remote osteomyelitis with an extended drainage-free period, nonunion, femoral neck fracture and trochanteric fractures of the proximal femur with head involvement that are unmanageable using other techniques; femoral osteotomy, or Girdlestone resection; fracture-dislocation of the hip; and correction of deformity.
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Right, SIZE 4 RIGHT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 024, S&N 7500279, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Left, SIZE 8 LEFT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 019, S&N 7500274, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Right, SIZE 12 RIGHT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 028, S&N 7500283, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
Smith and Nephew TWINFIX QUICK-T Knot Pusher Suture Cutter; Part Number: 7209417, for arthroscopic use.
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Left, SIZE 2 LEFT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 002, S&N 7500257, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Right, SIZE 2 RIGHT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 009, S&N 7500264, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Left, SIZE 6 LEFT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 018, S&N 7500273, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Right, SIZE 8 RIGHT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 026, S&N 7500281, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Right, SIZE 8 RIGHT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 0012, S&N 7500267, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Right, SIZE 10 RIGHT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 027, S&N 7500282, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Right, SIZE 10 RIGHT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 0013, S&N 7500268, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Right, SIZE 6 RIGHT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 025, S&N 7500280, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
TC-PLUS(TM), Primary Fixed Tibial Component VKS Right, SIZE 6 RIGHT, STERILE R, REF 12 000 0011, S&N 7500266, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG Product Usage: Tibial knee prosthesis
Smith & Nephew GENESIS(R) II/LEGION(TM) PATELLAR COMPONENT, RESURFACING ROUND, 32MM STANDARD, FOR CEMENTED USE ONLY WITH JOURNEY PEG, STERILE EO, Rx only, REF Number: 71934490 knee implant.
BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING MODULAR HEAD, REF numbers: 74121238, MODULAR HEAD 38 MM -8MM 74121242, MODULAR HEAD 42 MM -8MM 74121246, MODULAR HEAD 46 MM -8MM 74121250, MODULAR HEAD 50 MM -8MM 74121254, MODULAR HEAD 54 MM -8MM 74121258, MODULAR HEAD 58 MM -8MM 74121338, MODULAR HEAD 3 8MM -4 (SHORT) 74121342, MODULAR HEAD 42 MM -4 (SHORT) 74121346, MODULAR HEAD 46 MM -4 (SHORT) 74121350, MODULAR HEAD 50 MM -4 (SHORT) 74121354, MODULAR HEAD 54 MM -4 (SHORT) 74121358, MODULAR HEAD 58 MM -4 (SHORT) 74121438, MODULAR HEAD 38 MM +0 (MED) 74121442, MODULAR HEAD 42 MM +0 (MED) 74121446, MODULAR HEAD 46 MM +0 (MED) 74121450, MODULAR HEAD 50 MM +0 (MED) 74121454, MODULAR HEAD 54 MM +0 (MED) 74121458, MODULAR HEAD 58 MM +0 (MED) 74121538, MODULAR HEAD 38 MM +4 (LONG) 74121542, MODULAR HEAD 42 MM +4 (LONG) 74121546, MODULAR HEAD 46 MM +4 (LONG) 74121550, MODULAR HEAD 50 MM +4 (LONG) 74121554, MODULAR HEAD 54 MM +4 (LONG) 74121558, MODULAR HEAD 58 MM +4 (LONG)