FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.: NexGen Complete Knee Solution Femoral Augment Block Distal only, 15mm, Size E with Screw Item Number: 00599003523 NexGen Distal Femoral Augment Block is used when femoral components can neither be downsized nor can be distally augmented by increasing the thickness of the cement mantle.
- Recall number
- Z-0630-2019
- Recalling firm
- Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
- Product
- NexGen Complete Knee Solution Femoral Augment Block Distal only, 15mm, Size E with Screw Item Number: 00599003523 NexGen Distal Femoral Augment Block is used when femoral components can neither be downsized nor can be distally augmented by increasing the thickness of the cement mantle.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2018-10-31
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2019-04-08
- Reason
- Screw is missing from the package
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- Zimmer Biomet issued "URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL" Letter on 10/31/18 via email and FedEx to the consumer/user level, including any intermediate wholesale or retail consignees, distributors and Risk managers. Distributors responsibilities include locating and removing the product in their territory, as well as identifying hospitals that have previously used the product. Hospital risk managers responsibilities include the following: 1. Review this notification and ensure that affected personnel are aware of the contents. 2. If you have affected product at your facility, assist your Zimmer Biomet sales representative and quarantine all affected product. Your Zimmer Biomet sales representative will remove the affected product from your facility. 3. Complete Attachment 1 Certificate of Acknowledgement and send to CorporateQuality.PostMarket@zimmerbiomet.com. This form must be returned even if you do not have affected products at your facility. 4. Retain a copy of the acknowledgement form with your recall records in the event of a compliance audit of your facilitys documentation. 5. If you have further questions or concerns after reviewing this notice, please call customer service at 574-371-3071 between 8:00 am and 5:00pm EST, Monday through Friday. Calls received outside of call center operating hours will receive a voicemail prompt or be transferred to an on-call representative in the event of an emergency. Alternatively, your questions may be emailed to CorporateQuality.PostMarket@zimmerbiomet.com.
- Quantity
- 19 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) to states of: OH, FL, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX, WV and to countries of: CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, GERMANY, and NETHERLANDS.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot Number: 62925336 UDI Number: (01)00889024224131(17)250228(10)62925336
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K152494"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JWH
- Firm FEI
- 1000220733
- 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
- Source file retained · verify
- 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