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Zimmer Biomet, Inc.: Bone Dowell Harvest Tubes

Recall number
Z-2059-2017
Recalling firm
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Product
Bone Dowell Harvest Tubes
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2017-04-12
Posted
2017-04-25
Terminated
2017-11-03
Reason
mislabeled as 8mm tube but it is actually 9 mm in size. A 9mm subcomponent was erroneously substituted and etched as 8mm for the actual 8mm subcomponent part.
Root cause
Nonconforming Material/Component
Action
On 4/12/2017 URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL REMOVAL notifications were sent to the affected consignees via e-mail. The recall notification included a description of the reason for the recall, affected product, consignee responsibilities, and instructions for responding to the formal recall notification.
Quantity
49
Distribution
No US distribution. JAPAN NETHERLANDS SINGAPORE SWITZERLAND
Lot, serial or model codes
Part Number: 900738 Lot Number (LN): 889990
510(k) numbers
not on file
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
LXH
Firm FEI
1825034
Firm city
Warsaw
Firm state
IN
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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2026-10-06

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