Zimmer, Inc.: 3.5 X 10 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 12 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 14 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 16 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 18 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 20 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 22 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 24 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 26 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 28 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 30 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 32 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 34 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 36 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 38 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 40 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 45 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 50 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 55 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 60 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 75 CORT SCREW SELFT

Recall number

Z-1044-2014

Recalling firm

Zimmer, Inc.

Product

3.5 X 10 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 12 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 14 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 16 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 18 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 20 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 22 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 24 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 26 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 28 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 30 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 32 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 34 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 36 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 38 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 40 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 45 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 50 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 55 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 60 CORT SCREW SELFT 3.5 X 75 CORT SCREW SELFT

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2013-10-11

Posted

2014-02-20

Terminated

2017-04-14

Reason

Zimmer recently conducted a review of all historic packaging validations at its Zimmer Manufacturing B.V. (ZMBV) facility in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Based on this review, it was determined that the packaging operations conducted in the Building 1 packaging operation at this facility were not properly validated. As a result, Zimmer conducted seal integrity testing to evaluate if previously packaged product from this facility met the established requirements for sterile barrier integrity. The acceptance criteria established for this testing was 99% reliability with a 90% confidence interval. These packaging tray configurations met the acceptance criteria for sterile barrier integrity of both the inner and outer trays, however, Zimmer has decided to recall all manufacturing lots that have not expired and that were sterile packaged in the ZMBV facility Building 1 packaging operations.

Root cause

Packaging

Action

Distributors received a letter identifying the issue and their responsibilities dated November 4, 2013. These responsibilities include quarantining the affected fielded inventory in their possession, providing hospital risk managers with the recall notification letter and retrieving affected fielded inventory and direct sales from the hospitals.

Quantity

7,044,680 total

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) and the countries of Belgium, Canada, Canary Islands, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxemburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal Reunion, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Taiwan, Thailand, and United Kingdom.

Lot, serial or model codes

61173204 61173205 61173206 61804309 61173207 61804310 61173208 61117130 61173210 61173212 61173213 61173214 61173215 61173216 61173218 61173219 61173220 61173221 61173223 61173224 61173226 61173228 61173231

510(k) numbers

["K082527"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

HWC

Firm FEI

1000220733

Firm city

Warsaw

Firm state

IN

Firm country

not on file

Cite as

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

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