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Event 89592

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
January 14, 2022
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

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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device · product 1 of 2

Biolox delta Ceramic V40 Femoral Head 32/ -4.0mm Catalog Number: 6570-0-032

Z-0842-2022
Recall number
Z-0842-2022
Initiated
January 14, 2022
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
Quantity
92 units Update: 40 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Potential product mix where the size and/or offset of the Biolox delta Ceramic V40 Femoral Head inside the package does not match the package labeling

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

Potential product mix where the size and/or offset of the Biolox delta Ceramic V40 Femoral Head inside the package does not match the package labeling

Code information

Lot Numbers: 89648801 89648802 89648803 89648804 89648805 GTIN: 04546540608475 ****UPDATE 3/17/22: Lot Number: 89648802 UDI: " (01)04546540608475(17)261020(10)89648802 Removed from scope of Recall: 89648801 89648803 89648804 89648805

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution in the states of AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, MD, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX and the countries of Canada, China, Japan, Spain, UK, Netherlands, Germany & Belgium. ***Updated 3/17/22: U.S., Canada, China, Japan, UK, and Netherlands.

device · product 2 of 2

Biolox delta Ceramic V40 Femoral Head 32/ +4.0mm Catalog Number: 6570-0-232

Z-0843-2022
Recall number
Z-0843-2022
Initiated
January 14, 2022
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
Quantity
39 units Updated: 40 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Potential product mix where the size and/or offset of the Biolox delta Ceramic V40 Femoral Head inside the package does not match the package labeling

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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Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Potential product mix where the size and/or offset of the Biolox delta Ceramic V40 Femoral Head inside the package does not match the package labeling

Code information

Lot Number: 89546202 GTIN: (01)04546540608536(17)261020(10)89546202

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution in the states of AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, MD, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX and the countries of Canada, China, Japan, Spain, UK, Netherlands, Germany & Belgium. ***Updated 3/17/22: U.S., Canada, China, Japan, UK, and Netherlands.

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