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Encore Medical, Lp: Porous titanium flared rim acetabular shell with three clustered holes in even sizes from 48 to 66mm, a hip prosthesis component. The lot number on the product labeling is the unique identifier of this component.

Recall number
Z-0799-06
Recalling firm
Encore Medical, Lp
Product
Porous titanium flared rim acetabular shell with three clustered holes in even sizes from 48 to 66mm, a hip prosthesis component. The lot number on the product labeling is the unique identifier of this component.
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2006-01-12
Posted
2006-04-27
Terminated
2006-07-11
Reason
Voids in the porous coating of a component used in total hip replacement surgery.
Root cause
Other
Action
Firm notified all sales agents by letter on January 12, 2006 with instructions to return the product. The second letters went out on January 30, 2006 to the sales associates with instructions to contact the implanting physicians.
Quantity
Total of 30 units
Distribution
Nationwide. Iowa, Florida, California, Arizona, South Dakota, Utah, Missouri, Texas, and Massachusetts, Maryland, Oklahoma, Nevada
Lot, serial or model codes
Lot numbers 276202 and 270512
510(k) numbers
["K950542"]
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
LPH
Firm FEI
1000116912
Firm city
Austin
Firm state
TX
Firm country
not on file

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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Publisher
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
File
device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
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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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