Reported Feb 28, 2018 · Terminated

Vanguard Complete Knee System, Vanguard CR Tibial Bearing 12x71/75, Item Number: 183442 Product Usage: For use in total…

Zimmer Biomet, Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Zimmer Biomet, Inc. · 56 E Bell Dr · Warsaw, IN · 46582-6989

Is this the product you have?

  • Vanguard Complete Knee System, Vanguard CR Tibial Bearing 12x71/75
  • Item Number183442
  • Product UsageFor use in total knee arthroplasty
Lot codes and dates
  • Lot Number
    • 388680
    • Exp. Date 5/19/2022
Amount recalled
24

This recall covers 4 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 3 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Knee implant components (tibial bearings) are labeled with the incorrect size.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Apr 17, 2019 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:45 PM UTC

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