Reported Aug 20, 2014 · Terminated

Moore Hip Prosthesis Long Fenestrated Stem 38 mm (1-1/2 Inch) Head Diameter 203 mm Length. Product Usage: The Moore Hip…

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

Is this the product you have?

  • Moore Hip Prosthesis Long Fenestrated Stem 38 mm (1-1/2 Inch) Head Diameter 203 mm Length
  • Product UsageThe Moore Hip Prosthesis is a femoral him stem that can be used where there is roentgenogrpahic evidence of a satisfactory actabulum and sufficient bone in the femoral neck to seat the prosthesis with or without bone cement
Lot codes and dates

20 of 20 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
00402100838Lot 62435853
00402100841Lot 62435854
00402100843Lot 62396506
00402100844Lot 62424468
00402100848Lot 62435852
00402100848Lot 62467218
00402100848Lot 62511381
0040210085137108214
00402100852Lot 62511377
00402100854Lot 62511379
00402101241Lot 62352570
00402101244Lot 62424469
00402101246Lot 62400669
00402101248Lot 62400670
00402101249Lot 62467222
00402101251Lot 62470576
00402101252Lot 62435851
00402101254Lot 62424470
00402101257Lot 62524114
00402101260& , Lot 62524115.
Amount recalled
68

This recall covers 17 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 16 are below.

4 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Zimmer is initiating a voluntary recall of 20 production lots of Moore Hip Prosthesis Long Fenestrated Stems due to packaging design verification test failures. Specifically, 9 of 16 test samples failed simulated distribution and shipping testing when the Moore hip stem breached either the inner or outer package tray. Zimmer has not received any complaints of damaged package trays for these 20 lot

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 Jan 9, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:26 PM UTC

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