BfArM informs about dam­ages to hip implants

BfArM informs about dam­ages to hip implants caused by high-fre­quen­cy cau­ter­iz­ing instruments

BfArM, the Ger­man Fed­er­al Insti­tute for Drugs and Med­ical Devices, has issued a rec­om­men­da­tion in con­nec­tion with high-fre­quen­cy cau­ter­iz­ing instru­ments and cer­tain hip implants. More specif­i­cal­ly, hip stem pros­the­ses made of tita­ni­um alloy were dam­aged when these instru­ments were used.

Con­cerned man­u­fac­tur­ers are advised to review the report and the cor­re­spond­ing lit­er­a­ture under on the BfArM web­site.

Source: BfArM

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