Reported Jul 17, 2013 · Terminated

REF 154204 Oxford Fixed Bearing Partial Knee Cemented Lateral Tibia Size A7 ARCOM UHMWPE / CO-CR-MO Alloy Only for use…

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

Is this the product you have?

  • REF 154204 Oxford Fixed Bearing Partial Knee Cemented Lateral Tibia Size A7 ARCOM UHMWPE / CO-CR-MO Alloy Only for use in Lateral compartment Sterile R The Oxford Fixed Bearing Knee is a Partial knee replacement system consisting of a femoral component and a fixed bearing tibial component for use in the lateral compartment of the knee. The Oxford Fixed Lateral bearings are indicated for use in the lateral compartment and intended to be implemented with bone cement.
Lot codes and dates
    • M375470
    • M444680
    • M886360
    • M938500
Amount recalled
22

This recall covers 30 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 29 are below.

17 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Biomet investigation found the design of the tibial bearing creates the potential for anterior impingement between the bone and the poly bearing component in terminal extension.

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 Jul 17, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:16 PM UTC

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