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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 77801

4 recalled-product records grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
June 26, 2017
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
Encore Medical, Lp

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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device · product 1 of 4

Cobalt HV Bone Cement 40GM, REF 402282, QTY 1, STERILE, Rx Only, Mfgr: BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS Cobalt MV and HV Bone Cement is indicated for use as bone cement in arthroplastic procedures of the hip, knee and other joints to fix plastic and metal prosthetic parts to living bone when reconstructions is necessary because of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic arthritis, avascular necrosis, nonunion of fractures of the neck of the femur, sickle cell anemia osteoporosis, secondary severe joint destruction following trauma or other conditions (also far fixation of unstable fractures in metastatic malignancies), and revision of previous arthroplasty procedures

Z-0064-2018
Recall number
Z-0064-2018
Initiated
June 26, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
Encore Medical, Lp
Quantity
7143 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Loss of the seal on the sterile Tyvek packaging used with this Cobalt Bone Cement.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

Loss of the seal on the sterile Tyvek packaging used with this Cobalt Bone Cement.

Code information

Lot Numbers: 508220, 189680, 199200, 310390, 424730, 668130, 668150, 871240, 959720

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution

device · product 2 of 4

Cobalt MV Bone Cement 40GM, REF 402438, QTY 1, STERILE, Rx Only, Mfgr: BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS Cobalt MV and HV Bone Cement is indicated for use as bone cement in arthroplastic procedures of the hip, knee and other joints to fix plastic and metal prosthetic parts to living bone when reconstructions is necessary because of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic arthritis, avascular necrosis, nonunion of fractures of the neck of the femur, sickle cell anemia osteoporosis, secondary severe joint destruction following trauma or other conditions (also far fixation of unstable fractures in metastatic malignancies), and revision of previous arthroplasty procedures

Z-0065-2018
Recall number
Z-0065-2018
Initiated
June 26, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
Encore Medical, Lp
Quantity
840 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Loss of the seal on the sterile Tyvek packaging used with this Cobalt Bone Cement.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

Loss of the seal on the sterile Tyvek packaging used with this Cobalt Bone Cement.

Code information

Lot Numbers: 507830, 871270, 959670

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution

device · product 3 of 4

Cobalt MV with Gentamicin, Cobalt Bone Cement 40GM, REF 402439, QTY 1, STERILE, Rx Only, Mfgr: BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS Cobalt MV and HV Bone Cement is indicated for use as bone cement in arthroplastic procedures of the hip, knee and other joints to fix plastic and metal prosthetic parts to living bone when reconstructions is necessary because of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic arthritis, avascular necrosis, nonunion of fractures of the neck of the femur, sickle cell anemia osteoporosis, secondary severe joint destruction following trauma or other conditions (also far fixation of unstable fractures in metastatic malignancies), and revision of previous arthroplasty procedures

Z-0066-2018
Recall number
Z-0066-2018
Initiated
June 26, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
Encore Medical, Lp
Quantity
1815 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Loss of the seal on the sterile Tyvek packaging used with this Cobalt Bone Cement.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

Loss of the seal on the sterile Tyvek packaging used with this Cobalt Bone Cement.

Code information

Lot Numbers: 508250, 959680

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution

device · product 4 of 4

Cobalt HV with Gentamicin, Cobalt Bone Cement 40GM, REF 402283, QTY 1, STERILE, Rx Only, Mfgr: BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS Cobalt MV and HV Bone Cement is indicated for use as bone cement in arthroplastic procedures of the hip, knee and other joints to fix plastic and metal prosthetic parts to living bone when reconstructions is necessary because of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic arthritis, avascular necrosis, nonunion of fractures of the neck of the femur, sickle cell anemia osteoporosis, secondary severe joint destruction following trauma or other conditions (also far fixation of unstable fractures in metastatic malignancies), and revision of previous arthroplasty procedures

Z-0067-2018
Recall number
Z-0067-2018
Initiated
June 26, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
Encore Medical, Lp
Quantity
9848 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Loss of the seal on the sterile Tyvek packaging used with this Cobalt Bone Cement.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Vendor change control

Compare all device evidence states

Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Loss of the seal on the sterile Tyvek packaging used with this Cobalt Bone Cement.

Code information

Lot Numbers: 189690, 189760, 199180, 424740, 508240, 560290, 595660, 638280, 786630, 959650, 959700

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution

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