London, UK--(Marketwire - November 27, 2007) - Smith & Nephew plc (LSE: SN, NYSE: SNN), the global medical technology business, announced today a precautionary recall of knees from the TC-PLUS*, VKS* and RT-PLUS* knee ranges. Smith & Nephew has been informed by a UK supplier that a limited number of semi-finished knee implant castings have a higher than specified iron content. These castings were manufactured during a short period of time in May and June this year on behalf of the company’s subsidiary, Plus Orthopedics AG (“Plus”).
