FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.: Offset Wire Fixation Bolt, catalog number 8180-50-006. The bolts are used with the DePuy Ace-Fischer External Fixation System and are packaged in a flexible polyethylene bag.
- Recall number
- Z-0508-2012
- Recalling firm
- DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
- Product
- Offset Wire Fixation Bolt, catalog number 8180-50-006. The bolts are used with the DePuy Ace-Fischer External Fixation System and are packaged in a flexible polyethylene bag.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2011-11-08
- Posted
- 2012-01-11
- Terminated
- 2013-03-07
- Reason
- DePuy has received three complaints concerning oversized bolt threads in the Offset Wire Fixation Bolts used in the Ace- Fischer External Fixation System. This could lead to the inability to properly thread the nut onto the bolt.
- Root cause
- Component change control
- Action
- On 11/9/2011 DePuy sent "Medical Device Recall Notice" letters to Distributors and to direct account hospitals. Recall notices included instructions to cease use or distribution of recalled products and to return them to DePuy in Warsaw, IN via distributors and sales representatives. The product is going to be discontinued and no reconditioning or reworking for the product is planned. For questions about recall information provided, please contact Katie Seppa, Manager of Customer Quality, 574-372-7333 (M-F; 8 am - pm EST.)
- Quantity
- 890
- Distribution
- Nationwide Distribution
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Catalog: 8180-50-006, Lot numbers: 549490, 563542, 563543, 564885, 564886, 570133, 571504, 573502, 581088, 581439, and 582520.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K860018"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- HXK
- 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
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28