FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Plus Orthopedics: Biolox Ceramic Head XL
- Recall number
- Z-0710-04
- Recalling firm
- Plus Orthopedics
- Product
- Biolox Ceramic Head XL
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2004-02-10
- Posted
- 2004-07-20
- Terminated
- 2004-03-30
- Reason
- Ceramic femoral ball heads break.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Firm is sending Dear Doctor letters to implanting physicians to have them evaluate their patients. Letters were sent 2/10/2004.
- Quantity
- 7 implanted.
- Distribution
- To phyisicians in TX, CT, IN
- Lot, serial or model codes
- None apply.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LZO
- Firm FEI
- 3001237832
- Firm city
- San Diego
- Firm state
- CA
- 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