FDA Device

Stryker Orthopaedics, UHR Universal Bipolar Component; 26 x 42 mm, Hip Prosthesis Component, Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ 07430

Hazard

Incorrect part: Device may have an incorrect locking ring assembled with the UHR bipolar head.

What You Should Do

Remedy

Stryker sent Urgent Product Hold letters to US branches/agencies and hospitals on October 26, 2007 advising them to quarantine the product from these lots, and Urgent Product Recall letters on November 2, 2007 advising them to return the devices to Stryker. International distributors were sent an advisory on November 6, 2007.