The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-2698-2016·Announced 2016-09-14

MicroPort Advance II Modular Tibial Base Recalled for Component Loosening

MicroPort Orthopedics is recalling Advance II Modular Tibial Bases due to a higher than expected revision rate caused by component loosening.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Devices): Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a structural defect (component loosening) in a load-bearing medical device, which aligns with the rubric criteria for 'structural vehicle defect' or 'significant injury/property-damage reports' by analogy to structural integrity failures in medical devices.

Plain-English summary

MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. is recalling the Advance II Modular Tibial Base with Screw Holes (Reference KTTIHA31, Size 3+). The device is a sterile, porous, HA-coated tibial base intended for cementless use in total knee arthroplasty. The recall involves 86 units.

The recall was initiated because the device is experiencing a higher than expected revision rate as a result of component loosening. The affected units were distributed worldwide to Australia, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

Patients who have received this specific implant should contact their orthopedic surgeon or healthcare provider to discuss the recall and determine if any follow-up care is necessary.

The recalled product

Product
ADVANCE(R) II MODULAR TIBIAL BASE W/SCREWHOLES, Knee Tibial Base, REF KTTIHA31, SIZE 3+; SURFACE POROUS, HA COATED; FIT CEMENTLESS; USE W/ SIZE 3 FEMUR & SIZE 3 TIBIAL INSERT; CONTENTS, 1 EACH, STERILE R, Rx ONLY,MicroPort Knee Systems Total Knee Systems MicroPort Total Knee…
Affected units
86

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Distribution

Distribution scope not specified by the agency.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 11 recalled by MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. under a single FDA (Devices) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

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