Reported Sep 3, 2014 · Terminated

Knee Instrument Fixation Screws: 48MM HEADED SCREW 48MM HEADLESS SCREW MIS HEADED SCREW, 48MM MIS HEADLESS SCREW, 48MM

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?

  • Knee Instrument Fixation Screws48MM HEADED SCREW 48MM HEADLESS SCREW MIS HEADED SCREW, 48MM MIS HEADLESS SCREW, 48MM
Lot codes and dates
    • Item Numbers 00579104100
    • 00579104200
    • 00598304048
    • 00598304148 Exp Date Prior to 2023-11
Amount recalled
972,125 units

This recall covers 9 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 8 are below.

Why it was recalled

Zimmer is recalling sterile-packaged implants and instruments packaged in six different package configurations due to packaging design verification test failures. Specifically, multiple test samples from each of the six configurations failed simulated distribution and shipping testing when the devices either breached inner or outer package trays or seal integrity was lost.

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 Sep 15, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:26 PM UTC

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