Reported Aug 27, 2014 · Terminated

Magna-Fx Cannulated Screw Fixation System Cannulated Bone Screw Sterile zimmer

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?

  • Magna-Fx Cannulated Screw Fixation System Cannulated Bone Screw Sterile zimmer
Lot codes and dates
    • Item Number 00-1146-040
    • 045
    • 050
    • 055
    • 060
    • 065
    • 070
    • 075
    • 080
    • 085
    • 090
    • 095
    • 100-32
Amount recalled
47,682 units total

This recall covers 16 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 15 are below.

3 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Zimmer is recalling various trauma screws that failed a leak test due to damage of the inner cavity only.

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 Jun 18, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:46 PM UTC

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