FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc.: Depuy P.F.C. E Knee SystemStabilized Tibial Insert (STAB), 76 mm M/L, 51 mm A/P, 15.0 mm, 4, UHMWPE, sterile; Product Code/REF 96-0453.
- Recall number
- Z-0394-2008
- Recalling firm
- Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
- Product
- Depuy P.F.C. E Knee SystemStabilized Tibial Insert (STAB), 76 mm M/L, 51 mm A/P, 15.0 mm, 4, UHMWPE, sterile; Product Code/REF 96-0453.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2007-09-27
- Posted
- 2007-12-06
- Terminated
- 2008-04-30
- Reason
- An incomplete seal on the inner pouch allows exposure to oxygen, which may result in oxidation and would affect long-term performance of the implant.
- Root cause
- Packaging process control
- Action
- Consignee hospitals and implanting physicians were notified of the recall via an Urgent Information-Recall Notice letter and Dear Doctor letters dated 9/27/07. The hospitals were instructed to determine whether they had any of the recalled products and to contact their sales representative to pick up the product. Depuy sales representatives were notified to collect the products from consignee hospitals via email on 10/1/07. The decision to discuss this product defect with patients who had already been implanted was left to the implanting physicians.
- Quantity
- 24
- Distribution
- Nationwide.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lots 80340A and 80341A.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K950010"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- NJL
- Firm FEI
- 1818910
- Firm city
- Warsaw
- Firm state
- IN
- 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
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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