Reported Sep 3, 2014 · Terminated

Endo & Unipolar Femoral Heads: ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 43MM DIA, ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 53MM DIA, ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 47MM DIA, ENDO…

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?

  • Endo & Unipolar Femoral Heads
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 43MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 53MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 47MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 50MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 42MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 54MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 48MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 41MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 42MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 43MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 44MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 45MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 46MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 47MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 48MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 49MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 50MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 51MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 52MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 53MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 54MM DIA
    • ENDO FEMORAL HEAD 55MM DIA
Lot codes and dates
  • Item Numbers
    • 00781804300
    • 00781805300
    • 00781804700
    • 00781805000
    • 00781804200
    • 00781805400
    • 00781804800
    • 00781804100
    • 00781804200
    • 00781804300
    • 00781804400
    • 00781804500
    • 00781804600
    • 00781804700
    • 00781804800
    • 00781804900
    • 00781805000
    • 00781805100
    • 00781805200
    • 00781805300
    • 00781805400
    • 00781805500
  • Lot Numbers
    • 37210958
    • 37210967
    • 37211180
    • 37211183
    • 37211311
    • 37211316
    • 37211320
    • 37211379
    • 37211482
    • 62561484
    • 37211643
    • 37211645
    • 37211646
    • 37211647
    • 37211653
    • 37211655
    • 37211657
    • 37211658
    • 37211661
    • 37211801
    • 37211804
    • 37211805
    • 37211806
    • 37211811
    • 37211812
    • 37211815
    • 37211817
    • 37211820
    • 37212062
    • 37212063
    • 37212065
    • 37212074
    • 37212079
    • 62573574
    • 62573576
    • 62576002
    • 62576008
    • 62593298
    • 62593302
    • 37212608
    • 37211644
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, 5:27 PM UTC

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