Reported Aug 27, 2014 · Terminated

4.0 mm Cancellous Screw, Partially Threaded 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?

  • 4.0 mm Cancellous Screw, Partially Threaded Sterile Zimmer
Lot codes and dates
    • Item Number 47-4840-010
    • 012
    • 014
    • 016
    • 018
    • 020
    • 022
    • 024
    • 026
    • 028
    • 030
    • 035
    • 040
    • 045
    • 050
    • 055
    • 060
    • 065
    • 070
    • 075
    • 080
    • 085
    • 090
    • 095
    • 100-01
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, 5:31 PM UTC

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