Reported Jun 1, 2016 · Terminated

Various trauma and sports medicine instruments and implants. Screw, fixation, bone.

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?

  • Various trauma and sports medicine instruments and implants. Screw, fixation, bone.
Lot codes and dates
  • Part #'s HAA60-11030 HAA60-13030 HAA60-15040 HAA60-16040 HAA60-18040 Lot #'s
    • 016150
    • 016210
    • 165130
    • 016230
    • 133890
    • 181600
    • 133970
    • 134000
    • 181620
Amount recalled
N/A

This recall covers 15 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 14 are below.

2 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Insufficient seal strength on sterile barrier packaging. The seal could be jeopardized causing the sterile barrier to be compromised and the product could become nonsterile. If the product becomes non-sterile and is used or implanted, it may lead to an infection.

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 May 23, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:02 PM UTC

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