Reported Jul 11, 2018 · Terminated

LFIT Anatomic CoCr Femoral Heads, Catalog No. 6260-9-336

Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

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: Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · 325 Corporate Dr · Mahwah, NJ · 07430-2006

Is this the product you have?

  • LFIT Anatomic CoCr Femoral Heads, Catalog No. 6260-9-336
Lot codes and dates

4 of 4 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
9MKA
PNAMKA
AMKAX1
PNDMKA R56MLE R5JMLE R5KMLE R6MMHE R7TMHE R7VMHE R7WMHE TP8MEA TPHMEA TPKMEA TPLMEA TV0MEA TV1MEA TV2MEA TV3MEA TVXMHD TVYMHD TW0MHD TW2MHD TW3MHD V0JMME V6NMEA VLNMEE VN3MEE VN4MEE VP2MHA VPEMHA VPKMHA VVJMMA VVTMMA WAHMHA WAKMHA WLVMJA WMAMJA WMAMJAX1 WMYMJA WXTMMA WXTMMAX1 WXYMMA WXYMMAX1 WXYMMAX2 YHEMHE YHHMHE YHJMHE

This recall covers 8 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 7 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

The recalling firm has received a higher than expected number of complaints documenting femoral head/hip stem disassociation for certain sizes of femoral heads manufactured prior to March 4, 2011.

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 8, 2020 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:21 PM UTC

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