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Zimmer GmbH: Drill, cannulated, 4x90mm, round shaft, Item Number 502015640

Recall number
Z-1450-2019
Recalling firm
Zimmer GmbH
Product
Drill, cannulated, 4x90mm, round shaft, Item Number 502015640
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2019-04-08
Posted
not on file
Terminated
2020-05-11
Reason
An investigation identified that the products were possibly manufactured from a different material than defined in the applicable specifications.
Root cause
Under Investigation by firm
Action
Urgent Medical Device Recall notification letters dated 4/8/19 were sent to customers.
Quantity
not on file
Distribution
The products were distributed to the following US states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, and WY.
Lot, serial or model codes
All items marked with "Normed" are affected
510(k) numbers
not on file
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
HTW
Firm FEI
3005233524
Firm city
Winterthur
Firm state
not on file
Firm country
Switzerland

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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
sha256
b87518bfe2e8
Size
288210821 bytes
Published
2026-09-28
Read
2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
Source file
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2026-10-06

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