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Event 79385

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 08, 2017
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.

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

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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2 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 2

Humeral Stem 83mm(Size 17) Product Usage: Intended for primary and revision total shoulder arthroplasty as well as hemi-arthroplasty

Z-0979-2018
Recall number
Z-0979-2018
Initiated
December 08, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Quantity
12

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Zimmer Biomet is conducting a medical device recall for two lots of Comprehensive Humeral stems. The lots were commingled during the manufacturing process and were etched with incorrect lot numbers. The size difference between the two stem sizes is 1.1 inches. It is visually recognizable by the user that the box label does not match the contents of the box.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

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Reason for recall

Zimmer Biomet is conducting a medical device recall for two lots of Comprehensive Humeral stems. The lots were commingled during the manufacturing process and were etched with incorrect lot numbers. The size difference between the two stem sizes is 1.1 inches. It is visually recognizable by the user that the box label does not match the contents of the box.

Code information

PN: 113633, LN: 421700, UDI# - (01) 00880304462632 (17) 271014 (10) 421700

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide in the states of MN, NJ, CA, TX, ND

device · product 2 of 2

Humeral Stem 55mm(Size 13) Product Usage: Intended for primary and revision total shoulder arthroplasty as well as hemi-arthroplasty

Z-0980-2018
Recall number
Z-0980-2018
Initiated
December 08, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Quantity
12

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Zimmer Biomet is conducting a medical device recall for two lots of Comprehensive Humeral stems. The lots were commingled during the manufacturing process and were etched with incorrect lot numbers. The size difference between the two stem sizes is 1.1 inches. It is visually recognizable by the user that the box label does not match the contents of the box.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

Compare all device evidence states

Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Zimmer Biomet is conducting a medical device recall for two lots of Comprehensive Humeral stems. The lots were commingled during the manufacturing process and were etched with incorrect lot numbers. The size difference between the two stem sizes is 1.1 inches. It is visually recognizable by the user that the box label does not match the contents of the box.

Code information

PN: 113617, LN: 552850, UDI# - (01) 00880304554184 (17) 271014 (10) 552850

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide in the states of MN, NJ, CA, TX, ND

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