FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp.: Meridian PA Femoral Stem
- Recall number
- Z-0106-06
- Recalling firm
- Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Product
- Meridian PA Femoral Stem
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2005-08-24
- Posted
- 2005-11-01
- Terminated
- 2006-04-05
- Reason
- The V40 femoral head may not properly engage on the referenced V40 cobal chrome femoral hip stems.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- A urgent product recall notification was sent out to all hospitals on August 24, 2005, branches and agencies by first class mail. The action is limited only to that product manufactured in the Stryker Ireland facility for the product families indicated.
- Quantity
- 1936 units
- Distribution
- nationwide
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Catalog No --Description -- # of Lots: 6261-0-001, Meridian PA Hip Stem #00/9, 25 lots; 6261-0-002, Meridian PA Hip Stem #00/10, 26 lots; 6261-0-003, Meridian PA Hip Stem #1/11MM, 107 lots; 6261-0-004, Meridian PA Hip Stem #2/10MM, 16 lots; 6261-0-005, Meridian PA Hip Stem #2/12MM, 109 lots; 6261-0-006, Meridian PA Hip Stem #3/11MM 150 lots; 6261-0-007, Meridian PA Hip Stem #3/13MM, 256 lots; 6261-0-008, Meridian PA Hip Stem #4/12MM, 115 lots; 6261-0-009, Meridian PA Hip Stem #4/14MM, 194 lots; 6261-0-010, Meridian PA Hip Stem #5/13MM, 139 lots; 6261-0-011, Meridian PA Hip Stem #5/15MM, 104 lots; 6261-0-012, Meridian PA Hip Stem #6/14MM, 96 lots; 6261-0-013, Meridian PA Hip Stem, #6/16MM, 73 lots; 6261-0-014, Meridian PA Hip Stem, #7/15MM, 21 lots; 6261-0-015, Meridian PA Hip Stem, #7/17MM, 25 lots; 6261-0-016, Meridian PA Hip Stem, #8/16, 16 lots; 6261-0-017, Meridian PA Hip Stem, #8/18, 15 lots;
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K940307"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- MAY
- Firm FEI
- 3003070421
- Firm city
- Mahwah
- Firm state
- NJ
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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