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Zimmer Manufacturing B.V.: Zimmer Plates and Screws (ZPS) 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 10 mm Length 47483501001 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 14 mm Length 47483501401 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 16 mm Length 47483501601 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 24 mm Length 47483502401 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 30 mm Length 47483503001 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 40 mm Length 47483504001 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 75 mm Length 47483507501
- Recall number
- Z-1673-2016
- Recalling firm
- Zimmer Manufacturing B.V.
- Product
- Zimmer Plates and Screws (ZPS) 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 10 mm Length 47483501001 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 14 mm Length 47483501401 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 16 mm Length 47483501601 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 24 mm Length 47483502401 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 30 mm Length 47483503001 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 40 mm Length 47483504001 3.5 mm Cortical Screw SelfTapping, 75 mm Length 47483507501
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2016-05-04
- Posted
- 2016-05-16
- Terminated
- 2017-07-05
- Reason
- A small hole may be present in the inner tray of specific lots of sterile Hip and Trauma Implant Screws.
- Root cause
- Packaging change control
- Action
- All distributors will be notified via electronic mail. Distributors with affected lots will also be notified via courier. Hospitals risk managers and surgeons will be notified via recall notification letter, dated May 4, 2016.
- Quantity
- 794
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution. US nationwide, Korea, Japan, Argentina, Brazil, Singapore, Taiwan, China, El Salvador, Australia, India, Hong Kong, Chile, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, UK, Sweden, Canada.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- LOTS: 63252354 63283819 63308551 63252355 63312340 63252350 63283820 63243831
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K060710"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- HWC
- Firm FEI
- 1000132037
- Firm city
- Mercedita
- Firm state
- not on file
- Firm country
- PR
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
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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