Reported Jun 7, 2017 · Terminated

Reusable instruments in the Knee, Hip, Trauma, and Extremities segments.

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. · 1800 W Center St · Warsaw, IN · 46580-2304

Is this the product you have?

  • Reusable instruments in the Knee, Hip, Trauma, and Extremities segments.
Lot codes and dates
  • All lots in distribution prior to 5/8/17
Amount recalled
Greater than 10,000,000 last 10 years

This recall covers 3 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 2 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Durability characteristics of reusable instruments were not established

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 Dec 1, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:21 PM UTC

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