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      "product_type": "Devices",
      "event_id": "65561",
      "recalling_firm": "Synthes USA HQ, Inc.",
      "address_1": "1302 Wrights Ln E",
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      "voluntary_mandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
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      "reason_for_recall": "Synthes is initiating a voluntary Medical Device removal for specified part numbers and lot numbers of the Mutis Vector Distractor Pin Holding clamp, limited bone stock. The firm received complaints that the clamp and nut construct would not engage the distractor arm threads and subsequently bind. It is not likely that a serious adverse event will result due to a nonconforming clamp, however there",
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