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Event 85376

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
October 22, 2019
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
Encore Medical, LP

Dossier provenance

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  • 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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EMPOWR Acetabular System, Non-Sterile, Model Numbers 803-15-023 803-15-026 803-15-027 803-15-028 803-15-029 803-15-030 Product Usage: The EMPOWR Acetabular Impactor Balls is intended for use in joint replacement in patients suffering from disability due to noninflammatory degenerative joint disease including osteoarthritis and avascular necrosis of the natural femoral head; rheumatoid arthritis, correction of functional deformity, femoral fracture, and in the salvage of previously failed surgical attempts.

Z-1929-2020
Recall number
Z-1929-2020
Initiated
October 22, 2019
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
Encore Medical, LP
Quantity
86 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The firm received complaints that the EMPOWR Acetabular Impactor Balls were fracturing/cracking during impaction which could cause debris to migrate or be left in the joint space.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

The firm received complaints that the EMPOWR Acetabular Impactor Balls were fracturing/cracking during impaction which could cause debris to migrate or be left in the joint space.

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Distribution pattern

US Nationwide distribution including in the states of MN, VA, IL, IN, SC, N, TX, CA.

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