The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a reminder that a defective joint replacement device could cause complications for patients. In 2021, orthopedic implant company Exactech voluntarily recalled some joint replacements after discovering that the packaging wasn’t correctly sealed. Last year, the company expanded…
Medical device company Exactech has recalled hundreds of thousands of joint implants due to concerns that their polyethylene liners could degrade early and cause health complications. The first Exactech recall occurred in August 2021 and only included certain implants, but the manufacturer later expanded and…
In August 2021, Exactech recalled some of its knee and ankle implants due to early wear and degradation of the polyethylene liners in the joint replacements. But in February 2022, the Exactech recall expanded to include all ankle and knee implants manufactured in 2004 or…