FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Zimmer Inc.: Zimmer Alumina Ceramic Femoral Head, 12/14 taper, 28 mm diameter, neck length -3.5 mm, sterile, Zimmer, Warsaw, IN; REF 00-6418-028-01 and 00-6428-028-01. The Alumina Ceramic Femoral Heads are modular components used in total hip arthroplasty and indicated for patients suffering from severe hip pain and disability due to rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, traumatic arthritis, polyarthritis, collagen disorders, avascular necrosis of the femoral head, and nonunion of previous fractures of the femur; patients with congenital hip dysplasia, protrusio acetabuli, or slipped capital femoral epiphysis; patients suffering from disability due to previous fusion; patients with previously failed endoprostheses and/or total hip components in the operative extremity; and patients with acute neck fractures.
- Recall number
- Z-0299-2009
- Recalling firm
- Zimmer Inc.
- Product
- Zimmer Alumina Ceramic Femoral Head, 12/14 taper, 28 mm diameter, neck length -3.5 mm, sterile, Zimmer, Warsaw, IN; REF 00-6418-028-01 and 00-6428-028-01. The Alumina Ceramic Femoral Heads are modular components used in total hip arthroplasty and indicated for patients suffering from severe hip pain and disability due to rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, traumatic arthritis, polyarthritis, collagen disorders, avascular necrosis of the femoral head, and nonunion of previous fractures of the femur; patients with congenital hip dysplasia, protrusio acetabuli, or slipped capital femoral epiphysis; patients suffering from disability due to previous fusion; patients with previously failed endoprostheses and/or total hip components in the operative extremity; and patients with acute neck fractures.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2008-06-11
- Posted
- 2008-11-21
- Terminated
- 2009-11-10
- Reason
- When used with cobalt/chromium hip stems, the average test values for ceramic head bursting falls below the guidance document limits if the taper is made by casting instead of by forging.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- The firm issued Product Compatibility Update # 13, dated 6/11/08, to consignees informing them which products are not compatible, and thus should not be used in combination.
- Quantity
- 49,474 of all products
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution --- including USA and countries of Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dubai, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- All lots.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K030724"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LZO
- Firm FEI
- 1000220733
- Firm city
- Warsaw
- Firm state
- IN
- Firm country
- not on file
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- 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
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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